[Mailman-Users] Format of config.db

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "PJS" == Peter Jacob Slot <peter.slot at ld.dk> writes:

    | I am trying to remove manually some large pending mails.
    | It seems that these mails are included in 
    | $prefix/lists/listname/config.db

    PJS> My questions: - What is the format of this database file?

It is a Python marshal containing a Python dictionary.
    
    PJS> What is the best way of editing this file?

Hmm.  You could use bin/withlist.  Lock the mailing list, edit its
attributes and save it back to disk.
    
    PJS>  Is there a
    PJS> document describing the general file structure of mailman +
    PJS> archiver?

Nope! :)

-Barry