> It's been a while since I looked at the format, but, IIRC, these files
> are ASCII files with a 32 bit length indicator between each post. It
> should be easy (albeit tedious) to convert them to *nix mail format.
Correct (32 bit message between posts). Someone else reminded the list
that Yarnutils has tools that will do some of this automatically.
> Is there some reason you can't open the file directly in your editor,
> search for what you want, and paste the post wherever you want it?
> I often open another Mutt session in another X window and do this.
> Let's see...
> <clickty-click>
> Yes, I just opened a 43 MB (slightly over a million lines) native
> format Yarn mail file (which is on a DOS partition) directly with Jed
> (my fave Linux editor), did a search, and pasted the desired section
> into another Jed session. I think the same procedure will work will a
> Yarn news file.
I'm sure an editor can, but sometimes, I just start scanning the subject
lines of a clipping file.
> I had a dual boot Win/Linux system for several years, but I couldn't
> make myself switch to Linux as my primary system until I bit the
> bullet and starting doing email under Linux. That did it, and I boot
> Windows once every couple of weeks now. Any DOS apps I have will run
> under DOSEMU.
Right now I do email via pine from a telnet session to my ISP. That
probably won't change, though I will have to find a Linux telnet that
autostarts Zmodem, a GUI ftp tool would be handy as well (particularly
if I can't find an autostarting Zmodem telnet client - like NetTerm
for Windows). A nice GUI type ftp client for windows is CuteFTP.
Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't
Wayne D. | pay for this, etc. (directly anyway)