On 1 Aug 1999 Ken Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Peter Janett wrote:
>
> Sorry if this is not the place to post..
>
> We need to setup a web based search of ezmlm mailing lists.
>
> Does anyone have recommendations on any open software that
> does this?
>
> I've looked at glimpse and MHonArc and Wilma
> http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/mhonarc.html
>
> It shows support for majordomo based lists, but nothing
> specific to ezmlm
I use MHonArc with a number of ezmlm lists. There's nothing special
about MHonArc that ties it to majordomo.
This is what I do. This assumes that you have a list called "itforum"
and its directory is in ~alias/ITFORUM. Modify the values below to
suit your lists. These are real examples, cut and pasted from a real
system.
- create an alias for the list archive. This will contain delivery
instructions for archiving each message on the list:
cat << EOF > ~alias/.qmail-itforum-archive
# ITForum Mailing List. Archive these messages for viewing on the web
| mhonarc -umask 022 -quiet -add -reverse -treverse -outdir
|/var/local/mail-archives/itforum
EOF
- ensure the file has the correct permissions
chown alias ~alias/.qmail-itforum-archive
chgrp qmail ~alias/.qmail-itforum-archive
chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail-itforum-archive
- subscribe the archive user to the list
ezmlm-sub ~alias/ITFORUM [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- make the appropriate mods to your web server so that the archive
page can be seen. Eg for apache I have this in srm.conf
Alias /archives/mail /var/local/mail-archives
Alias /archives/mail/ /var/local/mail-archives/
and in /var/local/mail-archives/index.html I have
<li> IT Forum Discussions
<ul>
<li> <a href="itforum/threads.html">Threaded</a>
<li> <a href="itforum/maillist.html">By Date</a>
</ul>
I'm sure other web based archive systems could be treated in the same
manner.
Regards
Peter
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