[Leica] Your saloon keeper: the fourth stooge

[simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)]

Respect Sensei,
Thx
Simon Jessurun
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Brian Reid <reid op 
mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>wrote:

> I've been running the LUG using the same software (MHonArc) for 18 years,
> and for 18 years the job of closing out a digest volume and opening a new
> one has been tedious.
>
> Today I closed out volume 44 and began a new volume. Part of closing out a
> volume is regenerating all of the indexes so that instead of saying
>
>   Topic index of LUG archive for Vol 44 (Jan 2010 - )
>
> they say
>
>   Topic index of LUG archive for Vol 44 (Jan 2010 - Jun 2010)
>
> Not a big deal, but it is a deal. Somehow, for 18 years I have failed to
> realize that if I delete one message from the archive after closing the
> volume, the software will automatically regenerate the index to close it up
> around the now-gone message.
>
> I close out volumes rarely enough that I have written down the procedure
> and follow it from written notes notes every time. I have just added to my
> written procedure these steps:
>
>  * Add a junk message to the archive
>  * Edit the index configuration file to have the truth about dates
>  * Delete the junk message that you just added.
>
> Whew. I think I'll use the extra 2 hours that this has given me to go take
> pictures of something.
>
> Brian Reid
> LUG Saloon Keeper
>
>
>
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