yes you answer my question but there is an another point : when that mbox file is created ?? in the default.py file, I have seen "monthly" but i created a list more than a month ago and the mbox file isn't still created...
Mark Sapiro wrote: >Jean-Philippe GIOLA wrote: > > >>i'm a new mailman user and I want to know why in the archives >>(.../archives/public/...) there is for a list only a directory and in >>that directory a txt file or a tarball file, and why sometimes there is >>an another directory for the same list with a mbox extension with the >>mbox file in it ?? >> >> > >I'm not sure I understand the question, but here's some information. > >The archives/public/ directory normally only contains symlinks to the >respective archives/private/<listname> directories for lists with >public archives. > >The archives/private/ directory normally contains two sub-directories >per list. These are archives/private/<listname>/ and >archives/private/<listname>.mbox/. The archives/private/<listname>/ >directory contains the pipermail archive files for the list and the >archives/private/<listname>.mbox/ directory contains a <listname>.mbox >file which is a Unix mbox format file containing all the messages in >the archive. This list cumulative mbox file is useful as a backup for >rebuilding the archive if necessary and can be made availabe through >the web interface for searching. > >See mm_cfg.py/Defaults.py settings for ARCHIVE_TO_MBOX and PUBLIC_MBOX. > >The various periodic .txt and .txt.gz files in >archives/private/<listname>/ contain edited mbox files for that >period. These are available from the web interface and can be used for >searching. They should not be used for rebuilding the archive as the >headers have been edited. > >-- >Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, >San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > > > -- Cordialement, Jean-Philippe Giola - 6577 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] 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
