INDEX Option Display Birdie MacLennan 10 Apr 1993 21:19 UTC
In reference to the new DIGEST and INDEX options that were described in the previous message, I am forwarding an example of what the "Indexed" version of SERIALST looks like (per yesterday's logs). If you think you might be interested in subscribing to SERIALST with this option, and using it to "order" messages you should be aware that some mail systems act differently than others! In the instructions provided at the bottom of the index, LISTSERV author, Eric Thomas, outlines two methods for "ordering" messages from the server. If the first method that you select for ordering messages doesn't work, try the second! My preliminary testing with both methods has met with varying degrees of success -- depending on which mail system (e.g., Unix or IBM/VM) I've operated from. If in doubt, please check with your LOCAL systems experts first! In most instances, you should be able to just plug the index accession number (from the left hand column) into the LISTSERV search form at the bottom of the screen -- specifically where it reads: Print <type the numbers of the messages you want here> e.g., Print 2070 2071 <to receive messages on publisher's catalogs and multi-copy subns.> FORWARD (i.e., do NOT use the "reply" key with this particular method) your request (i.e., the entire message with changes only to the print line back to): LISTSERV@UVMVM (or, UVMVM.UVM.EDU). Then wait for the messages you've selected to arrive. Happy networking ... and good luck! Birdie MacLennan SERIALST Listowner/Moderator bmaclenn@uvmvm.bitnet University of Vermont bmaclenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 12:00:03 -0500 From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@uvmvm.uvm.edu> To: Recipients of SERIALST indexes <SERIALST@UVMVM.UVM.EDU> Subject: SERIALST Index - 9 Apr 1993 to 10 Apr 1993 Index Date Size Poster and subject ----- ---- ---- ------------------ 02070 04/09 27 From: Joanna Tousley-Escalante <joanna@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> Subject: Multi-copy subscriptions 02071 04/09 4 From: Mary Youmans <YOUMANS@WCUVAX1.BITNET> Subject: Re: Publisher's catalogs... 02072 04/09 116 From: Ann Okerson <ann@cni.org> Subject: Electronic Nursing Journal Announced (fwd) 02073 04/09 24 From: Birdie MacLennan <BMACLENN@UVMVM.BITNET> Subject: Microfilm Readers The sizes shown are the number of lines in the messages, not counting mail headers. For your convenience, this message has been specially formatted to make it easier to order the messages you are interested in. Just forward this message back to LISTSERV@UVMVM (or LISTSERV@UVMVM.UVM.EDU) and fill in the line starting with "Print" (if there is not enough space, you can add more lines as long as you type "Print" on each new line). Make sure to use the forward command of your mail program, not the normal reply function. There is a lot more the LISTSERV database functions can do for you - for instance, you can select all the messages with a particular subject in a single command rather than retyping all the index numbers. For more information, send an INFO DATABASE command to LISTSERV (you could add it before the line that says "Database search" the next time you order messages from the LISTSERV archive). Another method which could be more convenient, depending on the mail program you are using, is to reply to this message while including the original text, just like when you are replying to a normal message and want to quote what your correspondent said. Before sending the message, delete the lines corresponding to the items you are not interested in, and make sure your reply is being sent to "SERIALST-Search-request@UVMVM.UVM.EDU", NOT to "SERIALST@UVMVM.UVM.EDU". Note that this may not work with all mail programs; the first method is more reliable. // JOB Database search DD=Orders //Orders DD * Select * in SERIALST.2070-2073 Print <type the numbers of the messages you want here> /* // EOJ