I run a low volume mailing list which has previously been run by Majordomo list software, but was transferred flawlessly by my tech-guy to the Mailman platform. I have a couple of questions related to the mail archives and searching within them. My tech can handle the actual installing etc. on the server, but with limited time I'm doing the research first, so I have a few questions:
I now have two separate list archives: the old Majordomo (monthly) archive and the new Mailman archive (not sure yet how it's organized/located but assume it's going by the default settings. How do I merge the Majordomo archives with Mailman's current archives?
I also have a website associated with the mailing list which has a simple search function for the old Majordomo archives. It also has a basic filter for munging email addresses. As I'm rebuilding the website I want a more efficient and up-to-date search function which searches simultaneously through the website and mailing list archive. I've been told that one which uses a database (PostgreSQL, SQLite etc.) is benefitial. Also, the archive-filter should be more advanced (I don't need the email headers/footers to show up in the search results), and finally it would be nice to have the relevant results show a whole list-thread on the searched subject to show up as opposed to just separate messages/and the website results, so people can follow a relevant discussion on whatever they've searched. Can someone suggest a search script which will allow me to do this? It seems to be a real challenge to find something which is up-to-date, still supported and working well if you don't want to use Google's local search feature.
Thanks :-)
Hal
On 11/04/2014 01:38 AM, Hal wrote:
- I now have two separate list archives: the old Majordomo (monthly) archive and the new Mailman archive (not sure yet how it's organized/located but assume it's going by the default settings. How do I merge the Majordomo archives with Mailman's current archives?
You need to get the majordomo archives in *nix mbox format. Then see the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/oIA9> for merging instructions.
- I also have a website associated with the mailing list which has a simple search function for the old Majordomo archives. It also has a basic filter for munging email addresses. As I'm rebuilding the website I want a more efficient and up-to-date search function which searches simultaneously through the website and mailing list archive. I've been told that one which uses a database (PostgreSQL, SQLite etc.) is benefitial. Also, the archive-filter should be more advanced (I don't need the email headers/footers to show up in the search results), and finally it would be nice to have the relevant results show a whole list-thread on the searched subject to show up as opposed to just separate messages/and the website results, so people can follow a relevant discussion on whatever they've searched. Can someone suggest a search script which will allow me to do this? It seems to be a real challenge to find something which is up-to-date, still supported and working well if you don't want to use Google's local search feature.
Mailman 3 and it's archiver may do what you want. It's unlikely you can get all of it in Mailman 2.1, but see the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/MoA9>.
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