Steven Jones wrote: > >"common format" > >I had no idea what they meant.....neither did they..... > >I was just told to get an answer.... > >;? > >I think they mean something a Microsoft (based) product can read and >import.....
Mailman keeps three kinds of data - archives, list configuration and list membership (including member options). In an installation with default global archiving settings there is both an HTML archive and a global *nix mbox, both of which can be considered "common formats". The mbox can be used to rebuild the HTML archive. The mbox is the definitive archive containing maximum information. Again, in most Mailman installations (those with the default MemberAdaptor), the list configuration and membership data are all saved in a single Python pickle (the lists/LISTNAME/config.pck file). If you are interested in moving a list to another Mailman installation of the same or newer or in some cases, older version, this file and the archives are all you need to move. There are also various scripts included with Mailman to extract list configuration or membership to flat text files. Various aspects of all this are covered in the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3>, particularly articles such as <http://wiki.list.org/x/aYA9>, <http://wiki.list.org/x/oIA9> and the posts linked from <http://wiki.list.org/x/2oA9>. -- 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
