Re: Referencing this Mailing List

Mark Price wrote..
> In the initial stages of implementing ADSM (MVS), our staff are finding this
> mailing list very useful.  It would be more so if we could hold the 
> information
> in some kind of data base or easily-referenced format.
> Ever one for the easy option, can anyone suggest a suitable method or utility
> they may have found useful ?

All articles from ADSM-L are available in the archives.  The archives
are available (at least on a trial basis) via the web.  Go to URL

   http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?ADSM-L

The mailing list software, LISTSERV, provides interface to the
archives via email. For complete information, go to URL

   http://www.lsoft.com/

for complete information on LISTSERV.

Using LISTSERV, one may search for items of interest.  For example,
let's say you are interested in recent posts about tape management
system use with ADSM on MVS.  One could send the following to
LISTSERV AT vm.marist DOT edu via email to accomplish the full-text search:

   // job echo=no
   database search dd=rules
   //rules dd *
   search tape management mvs in adsm-l from 1 jan 96
   index
   print all
   /*

LISTSERV would send back the following (I've just included a few lines as a
sample) (due to the "print all" line above, the full-text of each article will
be included after this "index" listing)...

   003618 96/01/04 03:28   53   FW: Requirement for ADSM to store only one copy 
of+
   003702 96/01/10 18:12   73   FW: Client DASD Configurations
   003705 96/01/11 10:50   80   FW: Client DAS
   003724 96/01/12 16:44   92   FW: Some questions about pools.
   003727 96/01/14 20:41   39   Re: Some questions about pools.
   003728 96/01/15 07:58   65   Some questions about pools.
   003750 96/01/16 13:17   30   Re: Tape Management with ADSM
   003751 96/01/16 14:28   38   FW: Tape Management with ADSM
   003763 96/01/17 12:46   40   Redbooks now available
   003893 96/01/26 08:32   66   ADSM Storage Management 102
   003898 96/01/26 15:28   52   Re: ADSM Storage Management 102
   003900 96/01/26 15:19   92   Re: ADSM Storage Management 102
   ...

Hope this helps,

Wayne T. Smith               internet: wts AT maine.maine DOT edu
Systems Group -- CAPS        University of Maine System