[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux solution for archiving MSN Groups?

[Fred James]

Brian
I admit to knowing little to nothing about MSN, but 'expect' is a very 
good way to interactive things in a non-interactive mode.
Regards
Fred James

Brian wrote:

>Does anybody know of a Linux-based solution for archiving and/or
>retrieving all messages from an MSN Groups forum?  I'm trying to
>convince a group I'm involved with to wean themselves from MSN
>Groups...the only problem is that we have several hundred threads that
>need to be migrated to whatever new system we decide to go with.
>
>I've tried the usual suspects (lynx, wget).  MSN does some weird
>things with redirecting direct thread links through
>login.passport.com, and I've been unable to use an existing cookies
>file to convince the domain I've already been through the login
>process.  I was thinking about digging out the Expect book and seeing
>if there's a brute-force way to do this...think that would be worth my
>time to explore?
>
>  --Brian
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