Revision: 290
http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=administration&revision=290
Author: karl
Date: 2016-12-12 17:05:16 +0000 (Mon, 12 Dec 2016)
Log Message:
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Modified Paths:
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trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn
Modified: trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn
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--- trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn 2016-12-05 06:02:54 UTC (rev
289)
+++ trunk/sviki/ImportMailingListArchive.mdwn 2016-12-12 17:05:16 UTC (rev
290)
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
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
+mailing list archives. If you are a user who would like an archive
+imported, 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 the mail archive to import may vary, but we need mbox
-files. Anything else has to be converted.
+files. Anything else has to be converted. Check for spurious "From "
+lines.
**Public mailing lists**
@@ -17,13 +18,13 @@
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
+ cat 1.mbox 2.mbox >>mybig.mailbox
Split it monthly:
~mharc/bin/mbox-month-pack archive.mbox
-Put the resulting mailboxes in \~mharc/mbox/.
+Put the resulting mailboxes in `~mharc/mbox/`.
If the mailman-maintained .mbox file will suffice (which it should,
unless you are in some unusual situation), then the above can be reduced
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
In any case, you'll then need to regenerate the web archives:
- ~mharc/bin/web-archive -rebuild $listname >/tmp/out
+ ~mharc/bin/web-archive -rebuild $listname >/tmp/mha.out
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
