I haven't tried to use it, but I believe details for use are in our FAQ shown below. regards Dave Bergman On 4 Feb 1997, 72030,3271 wrote: > I havent been receiving TechNet mail for the past several days, but it > appears that it has started up again. I would like to see what I have > missed, and remember hearing (reading) about a TechNet archive. 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