I added the correct path to the pipermail alias in the httpd.conf file and restarted apache. I can now access the archive by typing http://hostname/pipermail/newlist.
Thank you very much for your help. UR. At 12:35 PM 6/22/2006, you wrote: >Uthra Rao wrote: > > >I found out the path to my mailing list archives. I first checked the link > >on the admin page ->go to list archives -> 2006-June.txt.gz File name. I > >then did a "find" on this file on our server. I found out that my archives > >were in /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/newlist directory. I think by > >default in linux the archives are put here. Looks like I need NOT have put > >the following entry in my httpd.conf file: > > > >Alias /pipermail/ /usr/lib/mailmanarchives/public > >If you want to be able to access the archives via the 'pipermail' URL >without authentication, you need that alias, but it needs to be in >your case > >Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/ > >The path /var/lib/mailman/ is not a 'Linux' default, but it may be >where some packager puts mutable data by default. This path is set by >the --with-var-prefix option to configure and defaults to the --prefix >setting which in turn defaults to /usr/local/mailman. > >In other words, in a totally default Mailman installation, everything >is in /usr/local/mailman/ by default, but anyone who configures a >package can put things where they want. > >Also, just to emphasize what I indicated previously, Actual archive >data is stored (in your case) in >/var/lib/mailman/archives/private/newlist/*. >/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/newlist is a symlink to >/var/lib/mailman/archives/private/newlist. > >-- >Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, >San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp