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Deleting some or all mailman archives

Discussion in 'E-mail Discussions' started by dory36, May 14, 2005.

  1. dory36

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    One user's mailman archives have grown to 250+MB. He wants me to delete some or all of the archives. Searching through the threads here and elsewhere hasn't shed much light.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
     
    #1 dory36, May 14, 2005
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    I'll definately second that inquiry. However, I'd also like to know if there is a way for the user to edit the archives, not just us. The directory has non/user ownage, so I figure there probably isn't a way to do it with the files directly.

    Anyone that can shed some light on this?
     
    #2 rwoliver2, May 17, 2005
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    Heh -- and the mailman FAQ says
    There is a procedure for removing individual or all archived messages, at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.003.htp -- my concern is whether the cpanel modifications to mailman would make that procedure invalid.
     
    #4 dory36, May 18, 2005
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    Just had a poke around:

    You need to find the lists mbox file under /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/

    You can either use a text editor (not very helpful) or an email client that can work with mobx files, such as mutt, i.e.:

    mutt -f /path/to/listname.mbox

    However, follow the procedure on that page and be careful with file permissions and ownerships. And backup before doing anything.
     
    #5 chirpy, May 18, 2005
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