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Help document for the Guai-Support Archives
Revised October 30, 2002
Click here
to access the Archives:
- Bookmark in Netscape & Firefox & save it to your
"Favourites" in Internet Explorer.
- You can also place it on the taskbar as a
"link" for easy access.
If you make Guai-Support web site your home page for
your browser you might find negotiating between the archives and the GG web site easier;
- click on 'archives' on the Guai-Support home page
and then click back to the GG web site from the archives by pressing the "home" button on your
browser.
REGISTER A PASSWORD
Click
here to register password for archive searches or replace a forgotten one
If it's your first time to the archives, follow instructions to register a password for
access;
- invent a password when you are
prompted,
- wait for
LISTSERV to send you a
confirmation request,
- reply to the message as
instructed,
- wait until you receive an e-mail
message from LISTSERV saying "Your new password was registered successfully"
before trying to use it with the WWW interface.
- to activate your password, simply
follow the instructions which have been e-mailed to you at your address.
- when you go to the archives you
will have a known login sequence. If you push the "login and save my password in a
cookie" then you won't have to go through this stuff again (unless you delete your
cookie or the dreaded cookie monster eats it).
(Alternatively as a new member to
LISTSERV you
can
register a password via email
anytime by sending an email to
LISTSERV@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
in the body of the message type
PW ADD YOURPASSWORD
(where 'yourpassword' is the password you wish to register
If you
have forgotten your password,
send the command
PW RESET instead,
to the same address. Your old password will be deleted and then you can register a new one via
email
PW ADD
command to LISTSERV).
Ensure you are attempting to
access the GG archives with the same email address that you are subscribed to the list
with.
If when trying to register your password
and access the archives your computer insists on trying to download a copy
of the WA.exe to your computer check to see if you have
GetRight,
FlashGet or some
other download facilitator type program you will
ether need to log off it, disable the monitoring browser or maybe hold down the Shift key,
which might prevent some of these programs from interfering [starting to
download].
SEARCHING:
- ensure you access the Archives from the first page
each time you log in
- you can scroll down & read the
archives week by week from the first page
(choose a week and you will be taken
to a page where you can choose your preferred sorting arrangement from the menu bar at the
top of the page.
The messages are presented in
'active' links thus you can link to messages of your choice easily and quickly).
Or;
- click on "Search the
Archives" which will take you to page 2 to start your search,
- then click on the "Search
for" link at the top left hand side of the page or the "help" link bottom
left hand corner of page (both contain the same help data) for instructions for searching
(print them out and keep handy), alternatively you can jump right in and experiment;
- on this page you fill out the
search parameters boxes, etc..
- put some word or string of words
that you think are relevant to your search into the very top box on the right where it
says "apple or pear" and then,
- scroll down and press the
"Start the Search" button.
This is the easiest way to start.
You can also fill in the rest of the boxes the more data you insert for your search the
narrower will be the search and the less data inserted the broader will be the search.
Unless you have explicit data to insert (because you know something of which you are
searching) it's best to just insert a word or phrase in the top box and go from there.
Here is an easy Example for you to
try
Where it says "The subject is
or contains" put in the word DOC. Don't fill out any of the other boxes. That will
bring up all the posts by Dr. St. Amand and posts under the Topic DOC. Easy right?
Or...you can put in his email address where it says "the author's address is or
contains FMSDOC@aol.com and all of his exact posts will come up.
Each search box you fill
in narrows your search more.
Click here for further help at the archives
Let our posting mentor
Wendy
know if you have
problems.
Happy hunting!
Reading Archive Messages:
If a message or messages do not
wrap at the end of the screen, requiring you to use the horizontal scroll bar to
read the messages scroll to the top of the window and switch from
non-proportional font to proportional font (click on the first 'jkl' button.
After reading your chosen message you can
choose what your next action will be from the buttons along the top of the
window. Scroll from left to right with your curser and the options will be
highlighted.
PROBLEMS ACCESSING ARCHIVES
1. (If the server is offline for
daily maintenance you will get the error message: "Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV. The server is probably not
started". If this happens try again later.)
2.
Check your subscription address
and mailing options for the mailing list.
2a. Ensure you are still subscribed,
and that you are attempting to access the archives from the address you are subscribed
under. Members who use net based email like Yahoo or Hotmail must remember not to use
their ISP email addy. The server has no record of that account's membership.
3. Your ISP may be altering it's
domain name on sending and receiving emails. If that is the case you will need to have me sign you up to
both and set one to nomail.
If none of the above are the problem
and your difficulty continues please let a buddy know and ask them to contact me
(ListOwner) if necessary.
====DATA BASE (ARCHIVES) SEARCHING
BY EMAIL====
I will give you the commands for the
simplest searches to start you off but then you will have to begin reading the
instructions (see below) to continue with more involved searches.
I suggest you begin with a simple
search for practice. Remember that ALL commands are sent to
LISTSERV@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
1. Send the command
Search "PAIN" in
GUAI-SUPPORT
where "pain" is
the search parameter......choose any search parameter you wish for your first
test......delete quote marks and use any case. You can use "S" in place of the
command word "Search".
You will receive a list of posting
with "pain" in them.
2. Send the command
GETPOST GUAI-SUPPORT 000009
or any # of your choice.
First you will receive notification
that File "GUAI-SUPPORT POSTINGS" has been mailed to you under separate
cover." Next you will receive the actual file.
Web
access to subscribing, signing off, changing email address, name, topics or
mailing options via the archives
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