--removed: - ++added: **Public mailing lists**
??changed: -Put the resulting mailboxes in:: - - mkdir -m 755 ~mharc/mbox/<listname>/ Put the resulting mailboxes in ~mharc/mbox/<listname>. ??changed: - mkdir -m 755 ~mharc/$listname ??changed: - ~mharc/bin/web-archive -rebuild listname1 listname2 ... - -If you skip "-rebuild", web-archive will run in incremental mode, i.e. what is used in the cron job. Note: rebuilding archives can be time-consuming (depending on how many years you have to import ;)). Best to run the build through GNU screen, or redirect the output. - -Mailman (and its private mailing lists) behaves differently. The command '~mailman/bin/arch --wipe' will regenerate list archives from a given mbox file (in the standard mailman location by default). - ~mharc/bin/web-archive -rebuild $listname $listname2 ... >/tmp/out If you skip "-rebuild", web-archive will run in incremental mode, i.e., what is used in the cron job. Rebuilding archives can be time-consuming (depending on how many years you have to import!). Best to redirect the output as shown above, or whatever. **Private mailing lists** Mailman, for archives of private mailing lists, behaves differently. The command '~mailman/bin/arch --wipe' will regenerate list archives from a given mbox file (in the standard mailman location by default). -- forwarded from http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/importmailinglistarchive#[email protected]/maintenance _______________________________________________ Savannah-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-cvs
