> I have added this to my mm_cfg.py file.
> 
> PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = '/usr/local/bin/mhonarc -idxfname index.html -add 
> /home/sasmoa/archives/${listname} -checknoarchive -expireage 2592000 -idxsize 
> 15 -noauthsort -outdir /home/sasmoa/archives/${listname} -reverse -nothread 
> -nosubsort -title "SASMOA Member Archives - ${listname}"'
> 
> 
> in mhonarc terms, this will create an archive in /home/sasmoa/archives/${listna
> me}
> 
> however, this doesn't even seem to run.
> 
> how do I find out if this is even being run?

I hadn't messed with the archiving stuff yet (sorry Paul), but your message
inspired me to.  :)

It looks like things are being called iff

   mm_cfg.ARCHIVE_TO_MBOX is 1 or 2
   mm_cfg.PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER is declared

Declaring the archiver as '/bin/touch /tmp/foo' works just fine.  However,
trying '/bin/touch /tmp/$listname' fails.  The following values created
these files:

   '/bin/touch /tmp/foo'                => /tmp/foo
   '/bin/touch /tmp/foo${listname}'     => /tmp/foo
   '/bin/touch /tmp/foo${listname}bar'  => /tmp/foobar

Apparently there's something wrong with the expansion of $listname
in Archiver.py.  

   Python 1.5.1 (#4, May  7 1999, 02:48:04)  [GCC 2.7.2.1] on linux2

Will play some more (code for "I don't know why yet")...

Chris