Oh well... looks like I joined the mailing list more recently than I thought. I have tille may of this year. complete though.
Shannon Shannon Roddy wrote: > I should have a fairly complete archive in my brlug folder on my imap > server. Complete since around september last year. I think I have > all the way back to when I started, but I'll check. > > Shannon > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > >> I screwed up. I was working on filtering the mailbox for the site so >> that I >> could properly redirect different mailing lists to the archives (if >> users >> begin using the biz list again) and I deleted the site's mail spool >> file! >> To make matters worse, I had a backup but accidently deleted that >> too. Don't >> ask.. >> >> This is a problem because I can't let hypermail update the archives >> without >> the original spool file. If I do the current archive will be lost and >> we will >> restart from the first message in the new spool file. That means we >> will lose >> over a year's worth of mail. >> >> Geez.. >> >> Now, I have three options here. First, I can just go ahead and start the >> archiver again, and the archive will reset to the last few messages >> plus new >> messages. The second option is to restore the achive from someone on >> the list >> that has the good sense to not delete any messages since they joined. >> The >> final option is to have the hosting company pull the file from tape >> backup for >> $40. >> >> What is everyone's thoughts? Anyone have the list archived? Any packrats >> here? >> >> Hmm, I guess I could write a tool to pull the messages back out of the >> archive, but I don't look forward to writing that. >> >> Regards, Dustin >> >> >> --- >> Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear >> In the beginning the Universe was created. >> This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams >> >> ================================================ >> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >> your subscription information. >> ================================================ >> > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
