Revision: 81
http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=administration&revision=81
Author: karl
Date: 2014-03-12 23:33:57 +0000 (Wed, 12 Mar 2014)
Log Message:
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mention that this page is for savannah folk, users
should open a support request.
Modified Paths:
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trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn
Modified: trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn
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--- trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn 2014-03-11 18:22:51 UTC (rev 80)
+++ trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn 2014-03-12 23:33:57 UTC (rev 81)
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
+This page describes the process by which [[SavannahHacker]]s can import
+mailing list archives. If you are a user wanting to request, please
+open a support request at
+<https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=administration> with the
+relevant information.
+
Check [[MailSystem]] for general information on list archives.
-The format of your mail archive to import will greatly vary, so here is
-some general advice.
+The format of the mail archive to import may vary, but we need mbox
+files. Anything else has to be converted.
**Public mailing lists**
Log in to lists.gnu.org as user mharc.
You'll need an archive in one big mailbox. You probably can cat several
-mailboxes together if needed:
+mailboxes together if needed (but be sure there is a blank line at the
+end of each file first, to avoid running messages together):
cat 1.mbox 2.mbox >> mybig.mailbox
@@ -32,11 +39,11 @@
If you skip "-rebuild", web-archive will run in incremental mode, i.e.,
what is used in the cron job. Rebuilding archives can be time-consuming
-(depending on how many years you have to import!). Best to redirect the
-output as shown above, or whatever.
+and noisy (depending on how many years you have to import). Best to
+redirect the output as shown above, or whatever.
-Then you can check
-[http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/\$listname.](http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/$listname.)
+Then you can check, e.g.,
+<http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/$listname>.
**Private mailing lists**
