ta

actually if you could send to [log in to unmask] that would be better

ANYONE sending me sumner stuff, if they could send it to svp

tho it's not the end of the world if you don't

(it's to do with my downloading that generally at cheap phone times)

that would be fine, Michael, and then those who can handle 50 meg files can
do a double check later

thanks for this

I am very grateful

L

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Snider" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 19 August 2001 22:30
Subject: Re: REQUEST FOR HELP


| Lawrence, the search option in this 1.0 Mail program is a little brain
| dead, but I came up with 46 emails, including digests, which include the
| string "sumner." My band is arriving for practice right now, but I will
| forward those to you tonight. Should I use
| [log in to unmask] ? I'll also see if I can find a way
| to do a better search.
|
| On Sunday, August 19, 2001, at 04:54 PM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
|
| > It certainly will
| >
| > NB He died on March 24 2000 so there won't be anything after that; and,
| > in
| > fact, I believe he didn't have access to the net for perhaps a week
| > before
| > that. His messages to British Poets end around mid March 2000
| >
| > If your mailer program enables you to sort the messages by sender so
| > that
| > you can send me - b/c of course - just Sumner's postings that would be
| > good;
| > but don't go to a lot of trouble. Don't spend a lot of time.
| >
| > Do send me what you have
| >
| > I am very grateful to you
| >
| > L
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Michael Snider" <[log in to unmask]>
| > To: <[log in to unmask]>
| > Sent: 19 August 2001 18:19
| > Subject: Re: REQUEST FOR HELP
| >
| >
| > | I have, I think, everything back to Aug 17, 1999. Will that help?
| > |
| > | On Sunday, August 19, 2001, at 07:59 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
| > |
| > | > Many of you will remember, directly or indirectly, the late Alaric
| > | > Sumner.
| > | >
| > | > I am his literary executor
| > | >
| > | > I have failed to access or retrieve his messages to poetryetc when
| > it
| > | > was
| > | > hosted by listbot; and I would really have liked to review them
| > all. I
| > | > have
| > | > many of them still, because I tend to back up files rather than
| > deleting
| > | > them; but I cannot be sure that I have everything
| > | >
| > | > I would have read them all at the time; but what might not have
| > seemed
| > | > of
| > | > great moment when he was a few hours up the motorway can take on an
| > | > unexpected importance now that he is dead and permanently
| > unavailable.
| > | >
| > | > I have found some even apparently insignificant email messages of
| > use
| > | > and
| > | > recently tracked down, from an aside in a private message, the
| > | > delivery, as
| > | > a conference paper, of what I had thought was an essay which no one
| > had
| > | > seen.
| > | >
| > | > So, I would like your help. Would you mind doing a global search on
| > your
| > | > email records? Some of you will be terribly tidy and efficient and
| > old
| > | > messages will long ago have been cleared away. Others will be
| > | > delightfully
| > | > acquisitive so that the search will throw up old messages from Mr
| > | > Sumner to
| > | > poetryetc in its pre jisc/mailbase days. [His email address was
| > | > [log in to unmask]]
| > | >
| > | > If you have any, could you forward them to me? I may be swamped
| > for a
| > | > day or
| > | > two with duplicate messages; but I can take it
| > | >
| > | > That's all I ask. It won't take you long and it may help me retrieve
| > | > important data... I'll do the sorting, evaluating.
| > | >
| > | > I am very grateful to you - in advance!
| > | >
| > | > L
| > | >
| > | > btw I shall, in due course, write a note about the lisbot fiasco
| > for the
| > | > Sumner pages at the Sub Voicive Poetry site - where you can find
| > lots of
| > | > information about the man as well as 7 years documentation of SVP -
| > | > because
| > | > I'd hate MicroSoft to be denied full credit for what I consider to
| > be
| > | > bad
| > | > faith and vandalism
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > ---------------------------------------------------
| > | > http://pages.britishlibrary.net/lawrence.upton/
| > | > http://www.crosswinds.net/~subvoicivepoetry/
| > | > http://www.crosswinds.net/~writersforum/
| > | > ---------------------------------------------------
| > | >
| > |
| >
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