Searching listserv archives

by Judy Kuster

Much valuable discussion about many topics, including Martin Schwartz and his therapy program, lies buried in the archives of STUTT-L and STUTT-X.

Some examples of 1995 (88K), 1996 (9K) and 1997 (115K) Stutt-L Archive of discussion between Martin Schwartz and others .

Before you can access the archives yourself, you must first subscribe to the list. Then, if you care to read some of the discussion, it is available, but you have to use very specialized commands to get it. It is suggested that you might want to cut and paste the commands the first time to see how it works.

To retrieve some of the actual posts from STUTT-L, send the following message to listserv@vm.temple.edu

//
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search schwartz in stutt-l
print all of 126, 142, 248, 249, 250
/ *

To get an index of the discussion about Martin Schwartz on STUTT-L email the following to listserv@vm.temple.edu

//
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search schwartz in stutt-l
index
/ *

That will return an index of the posts regarding Martin Schwartz. You can order whichever ones you want by inserting the correct number from the index you received.

//
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search schwartz in stutt-l
print all of whatever numbers you want
/ *

You can use this method to search any topic on any discussion forum that has an archive.

You can also search the archives by reviewing what has been posted month by month. To access the "archives" on stutt-l, write to LISTSERV@VM.TEMPLE.EDU , and in the body of the message, write, eg., GET STUTT-L LOG9603 where 96 is the year and 06 (June in this case) is the month. You'll receive all the mail for the given month, in order.

To retrieve some posts from STUTT-X, send the following message to listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu


//
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search schwartz in stutt-x
print all of 1153, 1156, 1168, 1170, 1177, 1604, 2421
/ *

Or if you prefer, you can search the databases yourself

To get an index of the discussion about Martin Schwartz on STUTT-X, email the following to listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu

//
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search schwartz in stutt-x
index
/ *

That will return an index of the posts regarding Martin Schwartz. You can order whichever ones you want by inserting the correct number from the index you received.

//
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search schwartz in stutt-x
print all of whatever numbers you want
/ *


last updated April 25, 1997

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