SherLok Merfy wrote:

Paul N. Lee wrote:

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Even uncompressed as plain text, the whole FractInt Discussion List from1997 to present is only about 65-MB (which is only about 24-MB in the .ZIP format).

The remaining question is what format the zipfile should expand to. One single mail file? Divided into months? A Database? ........ Storing the messages in a format for Structured Query Language might be just what some Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics would order..

Perhaps it could be done with a script that would turn the mail file into that databasing format, but don't expect that to be rendered any time soon, unless it happens to be old hat to someone on the list.

Actually, putting the emails into a database would be quite simple and easy. Probably only takes about 6 to 10 short lines of code, even in something like VBA under MS-Access. But would the increased size of an indexed database be worth it for searching through email postings from the FractInt List?? And which database format would be decided upon?? Personally, I can find things just as good with my old 1997 Netscape 3.04-Gold. :-) Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/