Hi Mark, Thanks a lot. This worked.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > >I have several mailing lists hosted on a server. I basically moved these > >lists from one server to the other by tarring up mailman/ from /usr/local, > >and untarring up to /usr/local on the destination server once I had > >configured the MTA properly. > >For each list, I did: > > > >./withlist -l -r fix_url LISTNAME -v -u DEFAULT_URL_HOST > > > >However, I seem to still have a problem, and I think this has got > something > >to do with changing the configuration to have the archives being public, > >when initially they were private. > > > >Without mangling any names, I have the following: > > > >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2005-April/000017.html > > > ><http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2005-April/000017.html > >When > >you go down that page, you find the url for the attachment. It has the > wrong > >DEFAULT_URL_HOST. It should be lists.kictanet.or.ke instead of > >kictanet.or.ke. The listname in question is "kictanet". > >The file that contains this attachment is available in the server > >as /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/kictanet.mbox/*kictanet.mbox* > >However, when I go > >to /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/kictanet/attachments/ no > attachments > >are available for some dates since the list was created. I did not delete > >any files so I believe there is a way to generate these from > kictanet.mbox, > >somehow, yes? > > > >What exactly should I do to fix the broken link and the missing attachment > >directories? > > > The archive pages are static pages. Thus, when you tarred up Mailman > and moved it, you brought over incorrect links to scrubbed attachments. > > To fix this, rebuild the entire archive for a list with, e.g. > > bin/arch --wipe kictanet > > (see bin/arch --help). This will recreate the entire pipermail archive > from the > /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/kictanet.mbox/kictanet.mbox file. > > This is why I generally recommend when moving archives to a new host to > move only the archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox and to > recreate archives/private/listname/* with bin/arch rather than moving > it. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube ------------------------------------------------------ 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
