Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:29:36 -0800
Reply-To: Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: google search
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Big thanks to you.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pickle (wes)" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: google search
> Hey everybody with gmail.
>
> I'm working on putting together a master file of emails so that it will
> be possible to easily import all the past vanagon emails into gmail,
> using the method suggested by Tim here. I will host the file with
> easy-to-follow instructions sometime over the next few days on a
> webserver where people can download it.
>
> So let's not all hammer gerry trying to do this all at once!
>
> -Wes
>
> honemastert wrote:
>> Fellow Vanagon Listee's
>>
>> It's not exactly easy, but not that
>> difficult either:
>>
>> Yes the GET command
>> is what I used, but you have to first get
>> a list of the archive files.
>>
>> send an email to gerry
>> listserv@gerry.vanagon.com
>> with the subject: VANAGON FILELIST
>>
>> That gives you an archive list.. then I used
>> gnu emacs (any text editor with 'rectangular'
>> (e.g. columnar cut/paste)will work,
>> to formulate a list of 'GET' commands..
>>
>> So.. see the following snipping of the
>> return of the first command......
>>
>>
>> date Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 3:34 PM
>> subject "VANAGON FILELIST"
>>
>> Reply
>>
>> *
>> * Archive files for the vanagon list at GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> * (weekly logs)
>> *
>> * filename filetype GET PUT size (bytes) date time
>> * -------- -------- --- --- ------------ ---------- --------
>> VANAGON LOG9404 LOG OWN 766,788 1998-04-20 15:37:24
>> VANAGON LOG9405 LOG OWN 501,033 1998-04-20 15:37:44
>> VANAGON LOG9406 LOG OWN 100,917 1998-03-05 18:38:00
>> VANAGON LOG9407 LOG OWN 792,711 1998-04-20 15:38:16
>> VANAGON LOG9408 LOG OWN 1,501,131 1998-04-20 15:39:16
>> VANAGON LOG9409 LOG OWN 1,514,406 1998-04-20 15:40:44
>> VANAGON LOG9410 LOG OWN 1,560,470 1998-04-20 15:41:02
>> VANAGON LOG9411 LOG OWN 1,833,551 1998-04-20 15:42:34
>> VANAGON LOG9412 LOG OWN 477,582 1998-04-20 15:44:00
>> ...
>> ....
>> .....
>>
>> Then you send another formatted email like the following to
>> gerry (same address as above)
>>
>> You can put these commands in the body of the email as I recall..
>>
>> Want to grab the first few? (the filename's changed BTW, so this still
>> doesnt preclude running the 'FLIELIST' command for yourself!
>>
>> GET VANAGON LOG0001
>> GET VANAGON LOG0002
>> GET VANAGON LOG0003
>> GET VANAGON LOG0004
>> GET VANAGON LOG0005
>> ...
>> ....
>> .....
>>
>> The cool thing is now that I have Google desktop search
>> enabled on my Windows or Mac, it will cache a local copy
>> of the search index on said machine. Then I dont need to
>> necessarily be connected to the internet to retrieve the
>> info I'm looking for. (of course, you have to be connected
>> for the initial indexing to work)
>>
>> This takes the methods the other folks are using a step
>> further and makes it more portable/avail offline.
>>
>> It is true though, most everything has been discussed about
>> these vans 'ad naseaum' :-) so the early archives dont
>> necessarily reveal any new info that the last 5 years or
>> so dont contain. It is cool to be able to search by
>> name of poster, say Dennis Haynes, Benny Boy, Boston Bob (RIP)
>> and many of the other list 'illuminati'
>>
>>
>> hope this helps, but that being said.. please dont go
>> hammering the server with a ton of these commands, I'd
>> imagine if everyone does this, it's gonna bring gerry
>> to his knees!
>>
>> All the listserv commands can be retrieved by issuing
>> a 'help' message to gerry.
>>
>>
>> -tim
>>
>>
>> 90 syncro westy
>> gilbert, az
>>
>> http://www.timschneider.org
>>
>
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