From: ikpeylough
Message: 24930
Date: 2003-08-02
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "ikpeylough" <ikpeylough@...>I was afraid of that :)
> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard@...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > What are we going to do about the files on Cybalist? Do we
> > > need to split the messages into blocks of say, 2000 messages,
> > > and assign them to volunteers to uplink? I suppose we need to
> > > create hyperlinked indexes from message numbers to files in the
> > > archive. At least we can use the visible names, rather than the
> > > obscure URLs that they get translated to.
> >
> > I'm not sure if I can help. What procedure are you using to find
> > and copy the attachments?
>
> Brute force!
> The process I am following is as follows.OK, the explanation helps. I'll try to start on it within the next
>
> 1. Look at a list of messages (e.g. via
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/messages/8120 )
>
> 2. If there is no paperclip to the right of the subject, there are
> no attachments.
>
> 3. If there is a paperclip, look for an attachment box in the
> archived message. It will contain the word 'download'. Paperclips
> may be a false alarm. Some e-mail editors seem to have caused them
> by returning the message replied to as an attachment. Such
> attachments, and some others, are actually incorporated into the
> archive text, so that when you look at the archived message, there
> aren't any attachments.
>
> Starting just before message 15000, Piotr's replies in particular
> are marked with a paperclip but no longer include attachments. The
> false attachment indicators seem to thin out after Message 17000,
> so I'm provisionally assigning you, 'ikpeylough', the 18,000's and
> 19,000's should you wish to help.
>
> 4. Download the attachments to your machine.
> 5. Upload them to the att directory in the files area.
> 6. Make a record of which attachments came from which message. I
> am logging this information in an HTML file, such as
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/files/att/index_1-2+4-15.htm
> which I'm editing using Notepad. I'm recording the message number,
> the file name when downloaded, the file name in the message, and
> the subject of the message. The last two items can be cut and
> pasted from the message itself.
>
> So that we don't duplicate work, I've been recording the allocation
> of messages in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/files/att/archival.htm .
>
> The simplest to avoid duplication if anyone else wishes to help is
> to lay claim to a block through a message in this thread. I'll try
> to keep the above file up to date. So, for the record, the
> following blocks are already allocated:
>
> 1-15,999 Me, Richard Wordingham
>
> 18,000 to 19,999 'ikpeylough'
>
> Richard.