[Mailman-Users] Managing attachments in the list archive

[Paul Kleeberg]

I considered using MHArc which uses MHonArc and makes it searchable 
but I decided against it for some odd reason which might have been 
unique to my site and which I do not currently recall.

Again:

1. Is there a way to control what filetypes are stored and what are skipped?
2. Is there a way to fix the way the .pdf files from the PC are stored?

At 2:49 PM -0500 3/15/03, Jon Carnes wrote:
>Pipermail is the archiver that comes built-in to Mailman.  While
>Pipermail fits the needs of 90% of the folks who use Mailman, it is a
>light-weight archiver.  For more heavy duty archive use, you should look
>at using something like Mhonarc.  Mhonarc should be able to handle your
>needs easily, and there is an FAQ on setting up Mhonarc with Mailman.
>
>Good Luck - Jon Carnes
>
>On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 10:02, Paul Kleeberg wrote:
>>  I am transferring a list to Mailman 2.1.1 in which the members like
>>  to send each other attachments.  Attachments seem to be distributed
>>  fine to the members but archive storage looks like it will be spotty.
>>
>>  In testing from a PC with NT4.0 and Outlook2K, .jpg and .doc files
>>  seem to store just fine.  .pdf files go through to the subscribers
>>  but are stored on the web with a "-0001.obj" replacing the ".pdf" at
>>  the end of the file name.  The file is then not recognized on the
>>  client machine.
>>
>>  When sent by a Macintosh with OSX using either Eudora or Mail.app,
>>  attachments which are listed as "type multipart/appledouble" are
>>  skipped and not stored in the web archives.  The attachments are
>>  distributed to the members intact but the archive states "Skipped
>>  content of type multipart/appledouble"
>>
>>  Two questions:
>  > 1. How can I control what filetypes are stored and what are skipped?
>  > 2. Is there a way to fix the way the .pdf files from the PC are stored?
>>
>  > Paul

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Paul Kleeberg
paul at fpen.org