That sounds wise. We could all do with a few off list contacts in case of problems that prevent using the list. As I'm reconstructing PC-HELPERS at present, it really brings to my notice how easily records get lost of go out of date. Babette Bloch wrote: > > I've put all my subscribers names and Email addresses into my Email > address book in my mail reader( Juno in my case) with the prefix SUB- > before each last name. That way I can quickly find them for emergency > messaging, or if I want to contact anyone off-list. > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:06:02 +0100 "Learning Stone" > <learningstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On 10 Jul 01, at 8:53, Peter Bowyer wrote: > > > Since the crash (Thanks for getting it up so soon!) I've become > > worried > > > that there is no way I can dump all the email addresses into a > > text > > > file. This means that I have no way of making a backup of the > > list, > > > something I am desperate to do now. May I suggest that you > > rectify this soon? > > > > The easiest method is to keep all your sub and un-sub > > notificatons. They are all dated, so in the event of > > another crash, you can work out who has subscribed > > since the last backup, and who has left. All you have > > to do is re-subscribe the new members and re-unsubscribe > > those who have quit (just as important). > > > > > > > > -- > > The Learning Stone Crew > > http://www.learningstone.net/ > > =========================================================== > > The FreeLists-Users mailing list > > Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users > > Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > =========================================================== -- Regards, John Durham <mailto:john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx > Business mailto:modec@xxxxxxxxx ICQ number 112663246 PC-HELPERS members mailto:pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com Shop at http://modec.safeshopper.com Local arcade at http://modecideas.com/doorWellingtonShop.htm Hi traffic FFA Links page at http://modecideas.com/links2.html Open your PayPal account https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=john.modec%40xtra.co.nz Going Platinum! http://www.goingplatinum.com/member/johndurh Get a Hit Trafficker http://www.ezfree.net/free/users/johndur.shtml Get paid to learn http://www.itpaystolearn.com/default.asp?ref_id=AAS007 For-pay distributed processing http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=92496 Earn on the net http://www.bizoppalliance.com/?id=28716 The Duplicator http://www.theduplicator.com/johndurh Freeway 2 Success http://www.freeway2success.com/sr/display.cgi/JD10033/resourceN.htm LinkShare http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=MaT/MrkhyTQ&offerid=7097&type=3&subid=0 Resource A Day http://www.resource-a-day.com/members2/johndurh/index.shtml Get Paid for accepting free stuff http://johndurh.zfee.com Secrets 2 Success http://www.fogaction.com/k1294/index.html INSTANT Doorway Page Generator http://modecideas.com/dpgenerator.htm Get massive hits to your site http://www.startblaze.com/cgi-bin/intro.cgi?11590 Classified ad site http://www.spunge.org/~johndurh/cgi-bin/classifieds.cgi Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. =========================================================== The FreeLists-Users mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================