Thanks for the replies, guys. I had a mailman account several years ago with another provider that did provide direct access to the archive, hence my confusion on the matter.
I like the idea of creating a user for back up. I can pipe the incoming it to hypermail or some other such thing. I've also resurrected a simple distribution script I wrote several years but I'm not sure that I want to go down that road. The archive is only in mbox/*nix format but that's okay for now. In any case, thanks for the clarification and suggestions! -Michael > On 9/3/2011 2:58 PM, Michael Cooley wrote: >> I'd understand if mailman cannot be run from a user account. Hostmonster >> does provide it, but does not allow shell access to the archive. I need >> that for back-up purposes and to integrate my old archive with the >> new--and just because I'd expect that kind of access. > > > Hostmonster may be willing to seed your new archive with your old > archive if you can provide a *nix mbox format file containing the archive. > > You can access your list's archive mbox file by first logging in to the > archive with a URL like > <http://www.example.com/mailman/private/LISTNAME> or however that looks > for hostmonster and then retrieving > <http://www.example.com/mailman/private/LISTNAME.mbox/LISTNAME.mbox>. > You use the 'private' archive URL for this even if the archive is public. > > Another way to provide backup is to subscribe an address to the list and > just backup the mail received at that address or, if your archive is > public, use one or more services like <http://www.mail-archive.com>. > > >> How do I do this? >> >> * Find a way to run mailman as a machine user? > > > You can't. You have to be an admin of the machine or a VPS in order to > install and run a fully functioning Mailman. > > >> * Find instructions to give to Hostmonster to allow archive permissions? > > > They won't because this would allow access to all the archives for all > their customer's lists. > > >> * Find another provider? > > > See <http://wiki.list.org/display/COM/Mailman+hosting+services> for > suggestions. > > >> * Find another list server that will give me direct access? > > > No Mailman host that hosts more than one customer's lists will give you > this access because it's global. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org