getting gcc mailing list archives

[Eus]

Hi Ho!

--- On Wed, 6/25/08, "Mojmir Svoboda" <mojmir.svoboda@illusionsoftworks.com> wrote:

> hello,
>
> pardon my stupid question, but these gcc-get and gcc-thread.*@gcc.gnu.org
> and similar commands - do they actually work?

Yes, they are.

> i'd like to get for example messages from gcc mailing list's messages
> from last 6 months.

Browse the GCC mailing list archives first to find the starting archive ID of the first e-mail posted at the beginning of the last 6 months.
Then, send an empty e-mail to: gcc-get.[START]_[END]@gcc.gnu.org
But, beware that the maximum is 100 per request.

> or - are there archives in mbox format perhaps?

AFAIK, nope.

> many thanks,
> mojmir

Best regards,
Eus