archive get latest/*

[Wayne Keenan <tripix metaverse fsnet co uk>]

gtk-list-request@redhat.com wrote:
> 
> File: archive-help.txt
> BEGIN------------cut here-------------
> Help for the archive server
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> You want to access the archive? OK, so you send a
> mail to gtk-list-request@redhat.com with the word
> "archive" as the *first* word of your Subject: line followed
> by a command.
> 
> Take care to remove disclaimers and footers,
> because the archive server might try to interpret these
> lines and if he can't understand them, you'll get back
> a help.txt. Instead of removing footers you can put
> the 'quit' command in the body of the message before
> your disclaimer and the archive server won't read your
> disclaimer/footer.
> 
> The archive server knows the following commands:
> 
> You may put the following commands in the subject line
> or in the body of a mail. If you put the commands in the body
> you can send multiple commands in one mail. If you submit
> a new software pointer don't put other commands in the body
> of your message, they will be ignored.
> Lines starting with a '#' are ignored.
> 
> get filename ...
>   You will get the file 'filename' by email
> 
> ls directory ...
>    You will get an overview of the directory 'directory'
> 
> egrep case_insensitive_regular_expression filename ...
>    Will search the file 'filename' for the expression.
>    Upper or lower case letters will be treated equal.
> 
> maxfiles nnn
>    Set the maximum number of files that can sent to you to nnn.
>    This will protect you from a flood of files if you do
>    a get directory/*. Setting maxfiles to zero will remove the
>    limit (to protect you against yourself no more than maxfiles
>    files will be returned per request).
> 
> version
>   Sends the version of the SmartList list server which is
>   run here at redhat.com.
> 
> quit
>   Terminates an archive request. This can be useful if you
>   have a signature at the end of your message and don't want
>   the archive server to interpret your signature.
> 
> Since this is a smart server, the following aliases are understood:
> Aliases for 'get': send, sendme, getme, gimme, retrieve, mail
> Aliases for 'ls': dir, directory, list, show
> Aliases for 'egrep': search, grep, fgrep, find
> Aliases for 'quit': exit
> 
> Egrep supports most common flags.
> If you append a non-standard signature, you should use the quit
> command to prevent the archive server from interpreting the signature.
> 
> Examples:
> 
> You want to get all the latest available mails which are stored in the
> directory 'latest'. So you send the following mail:
> 
> <here begins the header>
> To: gtk-list-request@redhat.com
> Subject: archive get latest/*
> <here ends the header>
> 
> You want to find out which files are available for you to get
> from the main archive directory:
> 
> <here begins the header>
> To: gtk-list-request@redhat.com
> Subject: archive ls *
> <here ends the header>
> 
> You are searching for the word 'scanner' in the latest
> messages of gtk-list. These messages are stored in the
> subdirectory 'latest'. You are also searching for the word
> 'speech' in all messages of the main archive directory:
> 
> <here begins the header>
> To: gtk-list-request@redhat.com
> Subject: archive
> <here ends the header>
> egrep scanner latest/*
> egrep speech *
> 
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