On June 8, 1998 at 10:15, J C Lawrence wrote:
> Does anyone here have a tool which will (attempt to) generate original
> message texts from MHonArc's HTML-ised versions?
Not that I know of. It is possible, but it can be complicated if
you try to deal with MIME decoded messages.
> I am looking to take over archiving of a mailing list from a previous
> archiver who didn't keep a copy of the original message sources. I'd
> like to regenerate the HTML with additional indexes as well as my own
> look'n'feel.
You can still take the existing archives and create your look-and-feel
by applying your resources via the -editidx option.
> Additionally I've been asked to attempt to generate an mbox version of
> the contents of a MHonArc archive to send to the FindMail guys to
> extend their archive of a mailing list further back.
Why? Why provide work for them to where they can profit from it?
Aren't they a commercial group that makes money by advertising?
--ewh
