We Now Have 19,000 Articles/Messages In Archives.

[Guest guest]

I'd like to mention that searching the archives on is problematic,

because it only searches through small batches of articles each time. This

is a recent change, introduced a few months ago by .

 

The result is that if you wanted to search for all messages on a certain

keyword, you would have to spend hours hitting " next " each time, searching

blocks of about 75 messages at a time (!)

 

I've been using a script called 2mbox and slowly grabbing all of the

emails from the archive and storing them in an industry-standard mailbox

format. It takes time because reaches a limit and won't display any

more than about 350 messages and then it locks you out for a period of

time. I've already grabbed the first 6700 messages, and over the coming

weeks I'll keep running the script when I can remember and building up the

archive.

 

When I get close to the present I'll make the archive available for

download from a website, so that you can import the message archive into

your mail program and search on your own computer.

 

Because the messages are scraped from the visual web display, all of the

regular protections are in place, such as having all email addresses

spamproofed.

 

David

 

At 06:44 AM 3/2/2004, Frank wrote:

>We now have pver 19,000 articles/messages posted to the group and

>stored in our archives.

>

>If anyone wants to know about any subject, they can go to the home

>page listed on the bottom of any message and there they will find a

>search box to conduct a search. Just enter in the search terms (like

>you do on google or ) and you should find plenty of information.

[Guest guest]

Cool David! I'd like acopy. Walt

 

 

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David Elfstrom

Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:51 AM

Re: We Now Have 19,000 Articles/Messages

In Archives.

 

 

I'd like to mention that searching the archives on is problematic,

because it only searches through small batches of articles each time. This

is a recent change, introduced a few months ago by .

 

The result is that if you wanted to search for all messages on a certain

keyword, you would have to spend hours hitting " next " each time, searching

blocks of about 75 messages at a time (!)

 

I've been using a script called 2mbox and slowly grabbing all of the

emails from the archive and storing them in an industry-standard mailbox

format. It takes time because reaches a limit and won't display any

more than about 350 messages and then it locks you out for a period of

time. I've already grabbed the first 6700 messages, and over the coming

weeks I'll keep running the script when I can remember and building up the

archive.

 

When I get close to the present I'll make the archive available for

download from a website, so that you can import the message archive into

your mail program and search on your own computer.

 

Because the messages are scraped from the visual web display, all of the

regular protections are in place, such as having all email addresses

spamproofed.

 

David

 

At 06:44 AM 3/2/2004, Frank wrote:

>We now have pver 19,000 articles/messages posted to the group and

>stored in our archives.

>

>If anyone wants to know about any subject, they can go to the home

>page listed on the bottom of any message and there they will find a

>search box to conduct a search. Just enter in the search terms (like

>you do on google or ) and you should find plenty of information.

[Guest guest]

David wrote: I'd like to mention that searching the archives on is

problematic,

because it only searches through small batches of articles each time. This

is a recent change, introduced a few months ago by .

 

 

Raine replies: I have noticed this as well. It is VERY difficult to search

message archives now. Bravo to you, David, for figuring out another way!

 

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