Marianne Lombardo on tue 5 jun 01
This is a lengthly message so if you already know this, hit delete. If =
you don't know how and want to learn, read on because it's really very, =
very easy and fast.
Some of you may not realize that you can EASILY and QUICKLY search the =
Clayart archives just by sending out e-mail messages to the List Server. =
Your answers will come back to you in the form of regular e-mail =
messages. You do NOT have to go the the Clayart web site, and sit there =
forever watching a sloooow search, and then laborously read through the =
archives while still on-line, typing up your telephone line.
For example, last night I sent out an e-mail requesting a listing of all =
messages containing the word "wadding", so I could learn how it's made, =
how to use it, etc. Ten minutes later I checked my e-mail again, and =
the List Server had sent me a listing of all messages matching that =
search, and also told me how to pull them as regular e-mail messages. =
So I sent another e-mail requesting copies of all the messages about =
wadding that it found in it's search. Checked my e-mail again before =
going to bed, and all the messages arrived. Wonderful stuff! Fast! =
Easy!
Messages that you send to the List Server cannot contain a subject line. =
In the body of the message, you must not include a signature or ANY =
extra text, no extra spaces, no extra blank lines. =20
For example, my first message to the List Server to search for all =
messages archived that contain the word "wadding" looked like this:
SEARCH CLAYART wadding
After I received the mail from the server listing all the messages =
related to my search, it told me what to type to actually get those =
messages. I simply copied and pasted what it told me into a new message =
to the List Server. What it sent me looked like this:
To order a copy of these postings, send the following command:
GETPOST CLAYART 88 133 143 170 293 6821 8468 8592 9300 11594 11609 11640
13667 13721 13744 18193 22199 22381 22416 22493 22509 22574-22575 22579
22673 22738 22799 24595 24869 25514 25598 27454 27512 27735 33384 34461
35621 42956 43051 43164 43260 43697 43724 43748 44037 44157 44180 44416
45563 45615 45693 45788 49811 52115 53244 55327 55428 55831 55917 59038
59181 59191 59319 59500 60198 63623 64610 64671 64955 65048 65217 65322
67416 68328 69339 70187 70196 70200 70224 70266 70634 70673 76975 77038
77070 77074 77152 78425 85642 88904 88954 90921 90944 92339 92359 92866
92900 92922 92952 93141
HOWEVER, the List Server is just a simple computer and only does what it =
is told. It only understands specific words. Because the message =
reference numbers wrapped around several lines, I had to manually in the =
words GETPOST CLAYART at the beginning of EACH line, so the body of my =
message to the server actually looked like this:
GETPOST CLAYART 88 133 143 170 293 6821 8468 8592 9300 11594 11609 11640
GETPOST CLAYART 13667 13721 13744 18193 22199 22381 22416 22493 22509 =
22574-22575 22579
GETPOST CLAYART 22673 22738 22799 24595 24869 25514 25598 27454 27512 =
27735 33384 34461
GETPOST CLAYART 35621 42956 43051 43164 43260 43697 43724 43748 44037 =
44157 44180 44416
GETPOST CLAYART 45563 45615 45693 45788 49811 52115 53244 55327 55428 =
55831 55917 59038
GETPOST CLAYART 59181 59191 59319 59500 60198 63623 64610 64671 64955 =
65048 65217 65322
GETPOST CLAYART 67416 68328 69339 70187 70196 70200 70224 70266 70634 =
70673 76975 77038
GETPOST CLAYART 77070 77074 77152 78425 85642 88904 88954 90921 90944 =
92339 92359 92866
GETPOST CLAYART 92900 92922 92952 93141
I also wanted to get copies of all the glaze tests that Alisa had =
previously posted, that I missed. My request to the List Server was =
simply this line in the message body:
SEARCH CLAYART glaze test WHERE SENDER CONTAINS aliskin@MAIL.DK
Lots of fun, easy, and I'm grabbing some valuable information. When I'm =
done this I plan on getting all of William Edwards posted glaze recipes =
the same way.
To get some instructions sent to you from the List Server with more =
detailed information about searching, etc. send an e-mail to =
LISTSRV@CERAMICS.ORG with NO subject line, and in the message body write =
thest two words only LISTSERVE REFCARD
Type nothing else! No signature line, nothing.
Happy searching through the archives! Enjoy!
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
Veena Raghavan on tue 5 jun 01
Message text written by Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>Happy searching through the archives! Enjoy!<
Hi Marianne,
Your post on how to search the archives with an e-mail to the
listserv was very informative. I look forward to my next search! For
anyone, who finds it laborious to go through a ton of archived material,
which I do, it is good news.
Thank you for sharing this with us not-so-fast-computer-system
owners.
All the best.
Veena
Veena Raghavan
75124.2520@compuserve.com
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