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--- majordomo_on_sdf [2022/08/25 04:02] – [Reading the Mlist Archives] zilog
+++ majordomo_on_sdf [2022/08/25 18:39] – [Interacting with majordomo-based Mail lists (mlists) on SDF] zilog
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-===== Interacting with majordomo-based Mail lists (mlists) on SDF =====
+===== Interacting with Majordomo-based Mail lists (mlists) on SDF =====
 ==== Intro ====
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 For guidance on using ''mail(1)'' see [[traditional_mail_1_mailx_1|An Introduction to Various BSD mailx style E-mail Clients on SDF]].
-There is also **mlists** , an SDF user-contributed SDF mlist archive browser -- just a shell script -- which uses the forementioned //mail// MUA to make browsing the mlist archives a bit easier. **mlists** is located on the SDF cluster at ///sys/sdf/bin/mlists//.  Basic usage is shown below:
+There is also **mabro** , an SDF user-contributed SDF Mlist Archive BROwser -- just a shell script -- which uses the forementioned //mail// MUA to make browsing the mlist archives a bit easier. **mabro** is located on the SDF cluster at ///sys/sdf/bin/mabro//.  Basic usage is shown below:
 <code>
-$ /sys/sdf/bin/mlists -h
+$ /sys/sdf/bin/mabro -h
- usage: mlists -h|-l|<keyword>
+ Mlist Archive BROwser for SDF public email list archives.
-      -h         prints this helpful message
+   usage: mabro -h|-l|-t|<regex>
-      -l         prints sorted listing of all archives
-      -t         top-level listing of all mlists
+      -h        prints this helpful message
-      <keyword>  typical grep(1) compatible queries
+      -l        prints sorted listing of ALL archives
-                 ie. '^os' or '*ham*'
+      -t        top-level listing of all mlists
+      <regex>   grep(1) compatible queries, ie. '^anon'
-$ /sys/sdf/bin/mlists -t
+$ /sys/sdf/bin/mabro -t
 afitnuke-l         guiche-list        minecraft-l        sdfarc-l
 anonradio-l        idahofreaks-l      misbehavin         sdfedu-l
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 green-l            lyct-l             plan9-l            vintage-l
-$ /sys/sdf/bin/mlists radio
+$ /sys/sdf/bin/mabro radio
 SDF mlist archives matching "radio":
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  [07] anonradio-l.1601        [36] anonradio-l.1806        [65] anonradio-l.2011
  ...
-        [s]     Enter new search term
-        [q]     Quit
-Enter item [#], do new [s]earch, [l]ist-all or [q]uit:
+Enter item [#], do new [s]earch, [l]ist ALL mlists, or [q]uit:
 </code>
 Once an archive is selected it opens in the //mail(1)// MUA for which only a handful of commands need to be used for basic message viewing:
-  * **//N//**  -- display message number //N//
+^  mail cmd         ^ description                                ^
-  * **h**  -- refresh message listing
+|  **//N//**        | display message number //N//               |
-  * **q**  -- quit //mail// (returns to browser mode)
+|  **+** / **-**    | show next / previous message               |
-  * **z** or **z-**  -- page up/down message listing
+|  **h**            | refresh message listing                    |
-  * **f /<keyword>**  -- search for thread containing //<keyword>//
+|  **x**            | exit //mail// (returns to browser mode)    |
+|  **z** / **z-**   | page up / down message listing             |
+|  **f /<keyword>** | search for thread containing //<keyword>// |
 Messages display using your PAGER (//more// is default); use arrow keys, page up/down, or spacebar to navigate or '**q**' to quit.