Don't worry, I wasn't going to spend the money. I just listed it as an option for completeness.
Regards, Dustin On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 22:03, Terry Stockdale wrote: > Unless a member has the messages archived and easily accessible, I wouldn't > worry about it. Don't spend the money to pull it from tape backup. > Terry > > At 09:07 PM 9/6/01, you 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. > >================================================ > > -- > Terry Stockdale -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Baton Rouge, LA > website: http://www.dadstoy.net PalmOS(R) Apps: http://www.dragonlode.com > > ================================================ > 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. > ================================================ > -- 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. ================================================
