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it was a dark and stormy night when Davin Pearson said, On 07/05/2008 11:32 AM:
> On Jul 5, 9:57 am, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
>>   ("\\.\\(arc\\|zip\\|lzh\\|lha\\|zoo\\|[jew]ar\\|xpi\\)\\'" .
>> archive-mode)
>>   ("\\.\\(ARC\\|ZIP\\|LZH\\|LHA\\|ZOO\\|[JEW]AR\\|XPI\\)\\'" .
>> archive-mode)
> 
> Trouble is that this code doesn't work for TAR or GZ files which I am
> trying to get online.
> 

a few things may be worth checking:
* what is the value of auto-mode-alist when you hit C-h v auto-mode-alist
* does the *Messages* buffer (C-h e) show any errors when you open an
   archive file
* are you really opening TAR/GZ files as opposed to tar/gz?