Practical Kidlink Mailing List Tips: the INDEX option

The INDEX Option
For Your Kidlink Subscriptions

INDEX makes the Listserv send you a daily index of messages rather than the full text of the messages as in the DIGEST mode.

The index is a daily list of the messages that appeared on any given mailing list in the preceding 24 hours. It typically looks like shown at right.

You can select individual messages from the list, and retrieve them using the GETPOST command as shown. This is a fast and elegant way to participate without possibly being swamped with a mass of messages that may not be relevant to you.

Those who write to KIDCAFE lists should have this application in mind when writing messages. Use the Subject field to make it easier for others to use the index option.

  Subject:  KIDCAFE-PORTUGUESE Index - 16 Dec 1997 to 17 Dec 1997

  Index  Date  Size Poster and subject
  -----  ----  ---- ------------------
  018278 12/17   17 From:    Marisa Lucena 
                    Subject: Pagina Kidlink Spanish

  018279 12/17   52 From:    Marisa Lucena
                    Subject: Tibet e Timor - II

  018280 12/17   41 From:    Marisa Lucena 
                    Subject: Lair Ribeiro autografa obra para jovens

  018281 11/13   20 From:    Michelle Lerner Melamed
                    Subject: Ferias

  To retrieve individual messages or get additional help, send email to
  LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU with commands like these as the message TEXT:

  GETPOST KIDCAFE-PORTUGUESE 3 5 7   (to get messages numbered 3, 5, and 7)
  GET KIDLINK.INDXHP                 (to get index help file)

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