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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/ > | > --------------------------------------------------- > | > > | >