[Mailman-Users] Archive browsing question

[Elvis Fernandes]

Making the archives private with a username / passwd access will be okay to
start with.

> Make the archive private on the list's Archiving Options page. This
> will remove the symlinks from the archives/public/ directory

I see that the links are removed.

> and force archive access to be via http://example.com/mailman/private

That works!

Thanks
Elvis


>


On 12/19/05, Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net> wrote:
>
> Elvis Fernandes wrote:
>
> >>From a web browser, non-members of a mail list can browse the archives.
> >Is this a correct statement?
>
>
> Only if the archives are public.
>
>
> >Now, there must be a way to block non-members to browse the archives of
> >mail-list
>
>
> Make the archive private on the list's Archiving Options page. This
> will remove the symlinks from the archives/public/ directory and force
> archive access to be via http://example.com/mailman/private. The links
> on admin and listinfo pages will use the private url, so everything
> will work except perhaps for old links that people have saved or
> posted in messages.
>
> --
> Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>
>