[Samba] OT: Download Archived Messages Locally?

[Charles Marcus]

My apologies for asking this OT question on the list, but I'm hoping 
someone can help me.

I have been lurking and monitoring this list for a long time, but 
getting messages in digest mode. Now, I am getting ready to roll out a 
live installation, and I'd like to have all of the list messages on my 
local computer so that I can view them in my preferred client 
(Thunderbird) as threads.

Is there a way to download the entire list archives locally, keeping the 
message states (Date/Times, etc)?

Tia, even if the answer is no... ;)

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Charles