On 11/04/2014 01:38 AM, Hal wrote: > > 1) I now have two separate list archives: the old Majordomo (monthly) > archive and the new Mailman archive (not sure yet how it's > organized/located but assume it's going by the default settings. > How do I merge the Majordomo archives with Mailman's current archives?
You need to get the majordomo archives in *nix mbox format. Then see the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/oIA9> for merging instructions. > 2) I also have a website associated with the mailing list which has a > simple search function for the old Majordomo archives. It also has a > basic filter for munging email addresses. > As I'm rebuilding the website I want a more efficient and up-to-date > search function which searches simultaneously through the website and > mailing list archive. I've been told that one which uses a database > (PostgreSQL, SQLite etc.) is benefitial. Also, the archive-filter should > be more advanced (I don't need the email headers/footers to show up in > the search results), and finally it would be nice to have the relevant > results show a whole list-thread on the searched subject to show up as > opposed to just separate messages/and the website results, so people can > follow a relevant discussion on whatever they've searched. > Can someone suggest a search script which will allow me to do this? It > seems to be a real challenge to find something which is up-to-date, > still supported and working well if you don't want to use Google's local > search feature. Mailman 3 and it's archiver may do what you want. It's unlikely you can get all of it in Mailman 2.1, but see the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/MoA9>. -- 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 https://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: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
