Doug Hughes wrote: > which mbox? all mbox? > if the <mailman_root>/archives/private/<mail_list>.mbox files are there, > you can use it to recreate the .txt files in the sub directories.
Correct, you can re-create the cooked archives by re-processing the raw archives. > If the above mbox files are not there, you can use the > <mailman_root>/archives/private/<mail_list>/*.txt to re-create the > master .mbox file using cat.. or the .txt.gz for that matter, if those > are still there. Not quite. There's more work to it than this. The cooked archives typically lose certain bits of information that you just can't get back, and their format is not quite a standard 7th edition mbox-format file. You have to do some more massaging to get it back into the exact proper format. It can be done, because I've done it for some of the lists on python.org when the raw mbox got corrupted. But it is a pain. I'm pretty sure you can find more information on this subject in the archives of the mailman-users mailing list (see FAQ 1.18 at <http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030520> for instructions on how to search the archives), and there may also be something in the FAQ itself (go to <http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Frequently+Asked+Questions> and type your search criteria in the "Search" box). > If the HTML files are still there, you could use some sort of dehtml > thing to recreate the .txt files and then create the master .mbox (much > more work, and error-prone, obviously) Fortunately, I've never had to do this. -- Brad Knowles <[email protected]> If you like Jazz/R&B guitar, check out LinkedIn Profile: my friend bigsbytracks on YouTube at <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> http://preview.tinyurl.com/bigsbytracks _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
