[Mailman-Users] Importing Archives Not Working

[Glenn Sieb]

Karl Zander wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Using mm 2.1.7 with the patches for htdig and MHonArc 
> applied.
>
> We have messages in mbox format that we want to import.
>
> As per 5.1 from the FAQ, we used
>
>   bin/arch <list> archives/private/<list>.mbox/<list>.mbox
>
> where <list> is our list name.  We did create the list 
> before  attempting to import.
>
>
> Running arch gives this,
>
> Pickling archive state into 
> /data/mailman/archives/private/our-list/pipermail.pck
>
> then seems to return without any errors or other messages.
>
> But when visting the archives, nothing is available.
>
> We have checked that the messages to import really are in 
> mbox format.
>
> Is there another step?  I am not sure where to 
> troubleshoot.
>
>   
The first thing I'd do is:

bin/check_perms

If it shows any problems, have it fix them:

bin/check_perms -f

That's a good start, at least.. :)

Best,
--Glenn

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