Re: archive of this mailing list?
Armin,
A few weeks back I asked the same question on the list, and I figured
I'd pass on what Julian Lomberg sent me (see below). I did verify the
instructions, and as Julian suggested use the @xanalys.com domain
instead of the @harlequin.co.uk.
Perhaps if we all ask very nicely, the list administrator might
consider a web-page that hosts these instructions instead of having
these instructions take more and more space in the archives, every
time this question is asked and answered.
Regards,
-ram
Armin Roehrl <armin@approximity.com> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to this mailing-list and wonder whether
> there is an archive where I can download the last 1,2,3 years
> of messages?
>
> Maybe s.b. could simply let me download his .tar.gz folder
> of that mailing list. Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Just in case you wonder why I'm interested in that?
> From experience I've learnt that one can learn an incredible
> lot by skimming through old mailings - and certainly save
> the group from too many questions you already discussed before.
>
> Thanks,
> Armin.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
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Julian Lomberg wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ram Krishnan" <rkris@mac.com>
> To: <lisp-hug@harlequin.co.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 5:40 AM
> Subject: List archive?
>
>
>> Sorry if this is an oft asked question, but is this mailing list archived
>
> Don't worry, it is not an oft asked question.
>
> Below are the instructions emailed to me when I signed up. They include
> commands to get the archive. I emailed these to someone else about a month
> ago who wanted the archive and he confirmed to me that it still works. I
> have no idea if all the other functionality described below still works however.
> The email below was from the time before the transition of Harlequin to
> Xanalys was complete so be careful to substitute xanalys.com instead of
> harlequin.com as the domain names for all email adresses below.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Julian
>
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