Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List

[Bill Christensen]

At 10:31 AM -0600 4/17/09, Jim Redman wrote:

I subscribe to a mailing list that has no archive capabilities.

I don't really want to try to take over the list, but would like to 
archive the messages as a service to other list users.


Would it be possible to do this with Mailman?  Or does anyone have 
an alternate system that may be better capable to do this?




Create a Mailman list, subscribe the Mailman list address to the 
original list.  I don't think you even have to subscribe the original 
to Mailman (if you do, set it for No Mail to avoid infinite loops). 
You should be able to set Mailman to accept all mail from the 
original list.


It'll be automatically archived.



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Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List

[Russell Clemings]

My solution was to set up MHonArc (http://www.mhonarc.org/), running under
its own user (e.g. mailarch), and then subscribe maila...@mydomain.com to
the Mailman list(s) I wanted to archive. That (along with some lines in the
Apache configuration) allowed me to put them behind the same password wall
as our web site, and to do a lot of fancy formatting. If you (and the list
owner) don't care if the public has access to the archives, however, then
one of the solutions suggested below is probably easier. Either way, be sure
to turn off the monthly password reminders for the archive user so they
won't show up in the archives. And be sure nobody unsubscribes the archive
user.

rac

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:00 AM,  wrote:

> -- Forwarded message --
> From: "Matthias Schmidt" 
> To: "Jim Redman" , 
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:30:09 +0900
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List
> Am/On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:31:22 -0600 schrieb/wrote Jim Redman:
>
> >I subscribe to a mailing list that has no archive capabilities.
> >
> >I don't really want to try to take over the list, but would like to
> >archive the messages as a service to other list users.
> >
> >Would it be possible to do this with Mailman?  Or does anyone have an
> >alternate system that may be better capable to do this?
>
> besides that, what Brad suggested, I'd go with ,
>  or some other free service for archiving.
> I think the list owner has to be asked in any case.
>
> cheers,
> Matthias
>
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List

[Matthias Schmidt]

Am/On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:31:22 -0600 schrieb/wrote Jim Redman:

>I subscribe to a mailing list that has no archive capabilities.
>
>I don't really want to try to take over the list, but would like to 
>archive the messages as a service to other list users.
>
>Would it be possible to do this with Mailman?  Or does anyone have an 
>alternate system that may be better capable to do this?

besides that, what Brad suggested, I'd go with ,
 or some other free service for archiving.
I think the list owner has to be asked in any case.

cheers,
Matthias

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List

[Brad Knowles]

on 4/17/09 11:31 AM, Jim Redman said:


I subscribe to a mailing list that has no archive capabilities.

I don't really want to try to take over the list, but would like to 
archive the messages as a service to other list users.


Would it be possible to do this with Mailman?  Or does anyone have an 
alternate system that may be better capable to do this?


You could set up a local Mailman mailing list that is a subscriber to 
the parent list, and it could provide archives.  However, that sort of 
thing is generally frowned upon by the people who run the mailing lists, 
so you should check with them first.


And to make sure that your system couldn't be abused to send spam 
through to the parent list, you'd have some security work you'd need to 
do to lock things down.



And if the parent list is also using Mailman, or some other package that 
also does things like send to you the password you need to access or 
modify your subscription options, then be advised that those things 
would get posted to your little archive system and then anyone else who 
wanted to could read those messages and go change your settings without 
your knowledge or approval.



It's certainly do-able, but you probably want to spend some time to 
think everything all the way through before you go down this route.


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[Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List

[Jim Redman]

I subscribe to a mailing list that has no archive capabilities.

I don't really want to try to take over the list, but would like to 
archive the messages as a service to other list users.


Would it be possible to do this with Mailman?  Or does anyone have an 
alternate system that may be better capable to do this?


Thanks,

Jim
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