Posts to the new List

How to get & search the posts to the new List
for those interested in the surname Killian of any spelling

Each of our servers (Killian-L-Request & Killian-D-Request) has its own archives. Currently the only files in our 2 servers' archives are our postings to the list. Killian-L's archives has files made up of individual letters (let's call them individual files) that we have posted to the list. Killian-D's archives has files made up of all the letters we posted in a single day (let's call them daily files). So we write to Killian-L-Request to get an individual file & we write to Killian-D-Request to get a daily file. The 1st step (in either case) is to get the file list from the appropriate server & the 2nd step is to get a file or more that is listed on the file list.

for individual files

write for a file list:

write a letter to [email protected] and
In the subject type
archive
In the body of the letter type
dir latest
mail your letter & the server will send you the file list that looks like this:

ls -l latest
BEGIN---------------cut here------------------
total 220
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        2624 May 27 11:58 1
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1744 May 31 19:18 10
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        3405 Jun  1 14:17 11
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1709 Jun  1 19:08 12
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1971 Jun  1 23:44 13
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1606 Jun  2 10:24 14
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1968 Jun  2 17:58 15
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1459 Jun  2 18:49 16
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        2880 Jun  3 02:29 17
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1691 Jun  3 03:26 18
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1679 Jun  3 09:39 19
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1143 May 27 12:11 2
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        3624 Jun  3 11:34 20
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist         892 Jun  3 16:30 21
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist         885 Jun  5 05:06 22
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        2466 May 27 16:19 3
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1142 May 28 15:42 4
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist         846 May 28 19:07 5
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist         835 May 29 18:19 6
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        2486 May 29 20:32 7
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        2963 May 29 23:53 8
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist         915 May 30 16:11 9
END-----------------cut here------------------
... but with more files.

To get one of the above files (which are letters posted to the list), e.g. the sole posting of Jun 5, which is file #22 (Note the file numbers are in the rightmost column):
1. write a letter to [email protected] and
2. In the subject type
  archive
3. In the body of the letter type
  get latest/22
4. mail your letter & the server will send you that file (i.e. letter).
Perhaps the other columns are not important, but the size of the file (i.e. letter) in characters (bytes) is in the 4th of the 7 columns. The 5th & 6th columns give the date & time of the file (i.e. letter). The 1st column is the read (r), write (w), & execute (x), protection of each file (letter). Note that the files (letters) are in alphabetical order (not numeric order) according to file number,

for daily files

write for a file list:

write a letter to [email protected] and
In the subject type
archive
In the body of the letter type
dir volume97
mail your letter & the server will send you the file list that looks like this:

ls -l volume97
BEGIN---------------cut here------------------
total 162
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        5821 May 28 15:42 1
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        5223 Jun 14 20:06 10
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        5203 Jun 18 02:51 11
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        1043 Jun 19 01:52 12
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        6423 Jun 21 08:53 13
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        3459 Jun 22 04:52 14
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        4783 Jun 23 06:53 15
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        4641 Jun 24 17:43 16
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist       11923 Jun 29 06:53 17
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        6721 Jun 30 05:52 18
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist       11123 Jul  1 03:51 19
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        5698 May 30 16:11 2
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist       13559 Jul  3 17:53 20
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        4013 Jul  4 16:52 21
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        4713 Jun  1 14:17 3
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        5819 Jun  2 17:58 4
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        9785 Jun  3 16:31 5
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist       17715 Jun  6 04:20 6
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist       11778 Jun  7 10:28 7
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        7393 Jun  9 12:28 8
-rw-rw----   1 slist    slist        5360 Jun 12 08:46 9
END-----------------cut here------------------
... but with more files.

To get one of the above files (which are daily files of all posts for each day), e.g. the file for May 30, which is file #2 (Note the file numbers are in the rightmost column):
1. write a letter to [email protected] and
2. In the subject type archive
3. In the body of the letter type get volume97/20
4. mail your letter & the server will send you that file (i.e. all posts that were posted to the list on May 30).
Perhaps the other columns are not important, but the size of the file (i.e. letter) in characters (bytes) is in the 4th of the 7 columns. The 5th & 6th columns give the date & time of the file (i.e. letter). The 1st column is the read (r), write (w), & execute (x), protection of each file. Note that the files are ordered on file number, but are alphabetized rather than being in numeric order (i.e. "1" is followed by "10" rather than by "2").

You can search our archives for a string of characters finding the files (if any) in which the string occurs.
1. for individual files
  1. search the archives:
    1. write a letter to [email protected]
    2. In the subject type
      archive
    3. In the body of the letter type
      search string latest/*
      where "string" is the string of characters you seek. For example, if you want to know what letters contain the word Daniel, then type in the body: search Daniel latest/*
    4. mail your letter & the server will send you output that looks like this:
```
search Daniel latest/*
BEGIN---------------cut here------------------
latest/45:21:Daniel Killian b.1790 NC. d. 1876 Dekalb Co. Alabama ...
latest/45:24:Killian Cem. next to Daniel.
latest/45:26:Daniel Killian b.1827 Warren Co.Tn.d.1911 Dekalb Co.,...
latest/46:40:her notebook on Daniel Killian of Asheville.  Her Daniel &
latest/46:41:her line have stayed in the Asheville area since Daniel
```
    The above output shows that Daniel occurs thrice in individual file #45, namely on lines 21, 24, & 26 and also twice in file #46, namely on lines 40 & 41.
  2. To get the letter, follow the instructions in I.A.2.
2. for daily files
  1. search the archives:
    1. write a letter to [email protected]
    2. In the subject type archive
    3. In the body of the letter type
      search string volume97/*
      where "string" is the string of characters you seek. For example, if you want to know what files contain the word Daniel, then type in the body: search Daniel volume97/*
    4. mail your letter & the server will send you output that looks like this:
      search Daniel volume97/*
```
BEGIN---------------cut here------------------
volume97/18:131:R. 10, William L. 8, Franklin P. 6, Virginia A. 3, Daniel ...
volume97/19:123:Daniel, born about 1827/28 in Blount Co., AL He married ...
volume97/19:266:Kellum, Daniel; Chatham Co.; pg 86
volume97/19:273:Killiam, Daniel; Parke Co.; pg 110
```
    The above output shows that Daniel occurs once in daily file #18, namely on line 131 and thrice in file #19, namely on lines 123, 266, & 273.
  2. To get the letter, follow the instructions in I.B.2.

To see the posts for Nov 18 thru 23, click here.