To extract the files from any given archive...
	1.  Be sure and ftp in binary mode.
	2.  Do:  compress -d filename.tar.Z
	3.  Do:  tar -xvf filename.tar
	4.  The files will be extracted from the archive into an
	      appropriately-named directory. 

I've obliterated the year-length files from the ftp directory-- they were
getting unbelievably large.  And besides, if you want to get everything 
from a specific year, you can cd into the year directory and do an "mget *".

The files for August through November 1990 were a bit munged during
transit to their current residing place, and thus may not be exact
duplicates of the postings from that time period.

All archives now extract into their own directories-- so, you don't
have to worry about munging your current directory up when you extract
from the archive.

If you have any questions regarding the archives, please let me know.

	---Mark A. DeLoura <madsax@milton.u.washington.edu>
	   Sci.Virtual-Worlds Co-Moderator/Librarian
