The documentation for that software cautions against trying to download all of it at once or yahoo will lock you out for 24 or so hours. Fear not, it will allow you to continue downloading after a while. I think it took me about 5 days of downloading chunks of several thousand messages. If you want a copy of the completed database, let me know. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@...> wrote: > > I downloaded that program, too, and got locked out of Yahoo. > > Farrar Hudkins > #2613 > > Sean wrote: > > I did manage to discover a shareware tool (www.pgoffline.com) > > that allowed me to download every post from this group dating back to > > the very beginning put it into a searchable database. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/