Hello Everyone
I have updated the file MSGDB3.ZIP with all 1000+ messages exchanged via the
Europa mailing list to date. (Well actually up until about 5 days ago when I
last copied the archived messages).
For those of you that don't know, this file has had all the e-mail techno-jumble
removed from the header and just contains (or should) subject, author, e-mail
address, date and the message text.
As you can imagine it is a fairly large file. 420K when zipped, expanding to
2Meg when uncompressed. It takes about 12 minutes to download via a 14,400
modem. I have only updated the dBase III version. The file called ALLMSGS.ZIP
was in dBase IV format. Some people had trouble importing this format (mainly
Mac users !) so I will stick to dBase III. I will remove this from the ftp
directory to avoid confusion.
I am sure many of you have worked out ways to store, search and sort copies of
the above file. If you think you have an easy method/system that others might
benefit from then let me know and we can put that on the ftp site as well.
(Please provide full instructions if you do!). I have written a simple front end
in Delphi that allows you to sort and search to your hearts content. I still
need to create a self extracting installation utility, when that is done I will
upload it.
Best Wishes
Pete Thomas
#191
PS Just in case you didn't know. The ftp address is ftp.avnet.co.uk and the
europa directory is underneath the pub directory.
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