[ Chris Adams writes: ]
>
> I posted a message last week about setting up archives, but nobody
> responded, which surprised me. I am using Majordomo 1.92 and would like a
> basic step-by-step summary of setting up an archive. The FAQ addresses
> some of it, but since I am just learning Perl, I am a little confused. I
> have attempted it, but it doesn't seem to work.
Well, Chris, don't you suppose that if someone had written down a
complete step-by-step it would be available at greatcircle.com if not
already in the Mj distribution? What you're asking for is a lot of
trouble. The way this usually works is that you try your level best and
post your specific (Majordomo-related) problem(s) to this list. Then
folks can help you solve your problem. That way it seems like the job
is simple and manageable instead of like folks are doing everything for
you. :-)
If you basically have your list working and just want to add archiving,
try this:
1) If it's not already there, copy contrib/archive2.pl to your
installation home directory (where wrapper lives). You may have
already installed it as 'archive'; if so, then change the name in
step 4 to conform.
2) Create a directory for the archives and be sure Majordomo has full
permissions in it, e.g.:
mkdir /path/to/majordomo/lists/listname.archive
chmod 0770 /path/to/majordomo/lists/listname.archive
chown majordom.majordom /path/to/majordomo/lists/listname.archive
3) Edit your majordomo.cf file to specify the archive directory:
$filedir = "$listdir";
$filedir_suffix = ".archive";
@archive_dirs = <$listdir/*.archive>;
4) Add the following alias ('listname' is generic: use your list name):
listname-archive: "|/path/to/majordomo/wrapper archive2.pl -a -m
-f /path/to/majordomo/lists/listname.archive/listname"
5) Change your outgoing alias to also deliver to the archive alias:
listname-outgoing: :include:/path/to/majordomo/lists/listname,listname-archive
6) Run newaliases.
This works for me, but YMMV. Other problems crop up because of system
differences and your preferences, but this should give you a start.
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