[sustran] sustran-discuss - Missing numbers

[Paul Barter]

Dear Eric and sustran friends

>I cannot seem to find sustran-discuss numbers  V1 #14 or # 1-8.  May I
>kindly ask you to forward at your first convenience?

Sorry to say this but missed messages do unfortunately happen quite often
for various reasons (mailboxes overflow, servers crash, etc). I would
rather not have to forward missed messages all the time. So here are some
instructions to deal with it yourselves.


The best way to get any messages which you miss is to use the following steps:

STEP 1.  GET A LIST OF THE MESSAGES IN THE ARCHIVE:

Send an e-mail to <majordomo at jca.ax.apc.org> (NOT to the list address!!!!)
with the following in the body of the message:

        get sustran-discuss INDEX
        end

Note that INDEX must be in upper case.

A file named "INDEX" will then be sent to you (usually within a few minutes
but sometimes longer). It contains brief information on all individual
messages in the archive (date, sender, subject, and sequence number) so
that you can choose which ones you want. All messages to the list right
from the beginning in May are there.


STEP 2.  Work out which ones you missed. If you are getting the
         digest version then this may take a little thought but
         should not be too hard


STEP 3.  ORDER THE MISSED MESSAGES FROM THE ARCHIVE:

Send an e-mail to <majordomo at jca.ax.apc.org> (NOT to the list address!!!!)
with the following in the body of the message:

        get sustran-discuss <the number of the message you want>
        ....
        end

For example if you want to get messages numbered 41 through 44 you would send :
        get sustran-discuss 41
        get sustran-discuss 42
        get sustran-discuss 43
        get sustran-discuss 44
        end

and those messages will be sent to you almost immediately.

I have just tested the process and everything seems to be working OK.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

A. Rahman Paul Barter
Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
Until 15 July I am in Perth, Australia.
During that time please reach me at <barter at central.murdoch.edu.au>