[Mailman-Users] mailman not archiving

[Anne Hammond]

Thanks for the message and hints.  The archives go back to 2003.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Mark Sapiro wrote:

> Anne Hammond wrote:
>>
>> How can I troubleshoot?  I've read the FAQ but didn't find a
>> recipe for migrating to another host (perhaps I should write it :)
>
>
> Are there entries in any of Mailman's qfiles directories - particularly
> archive/ and shunt/? Are other lists on this this installation
> archiving? What's in Mailman's 'error' log?
>
There are no messages in archive/ or shunt/

Other lists are definitely archiving right away.

There is nothing in /var/log/mailman/error for this email list.

I could check bin/arch --wipe listname.

Any other suggestions, list??

Thanks so much.

> The preferred way to move archives is to move the
> archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox file and then run
> 'bin/arch --wipe listname', although this can have problems too,
> particularly if the archives go back a long way.
>
> -- 
> Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>