I just checked my blog, and found I message a step: Quoting Paul Tomblin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've just spent two days manipulating a bunch of mbox files into archives. > Let me tell you how it goes: > > 1. Blow away the html archives. You may prefer to use that arch command > we were just discussing, but I used "rm -rf > /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/<listname>" > > 2. Stop mailman's qrunners using "/etc/init.d/mailman stop" > > 3. Run bin/arch on the huge mbox file.
3a. Discover that bin/arch is dying on lines in the mbox where somebody's broken MUA was putting in a Content-Type: header with a charset of ".chrsc". Use sed to change that to "us-ascii". Delete the html archives again and start bin/arch again. > 4. Discover that bin/arch is consuming all the memory and swap on the > system, and your system has ground to a halt. -- Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://blog.xcski.com/ "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery ------------------------------------------------------ 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
