Remove a message from mailing list archive
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# Locate the message in the web archives and load it up for reference. | # Locate the message in the web archives and load it up for reference. | ||
# Stop the mailman runner so the mailbox won't be touched while you're working | # Stop the mailman runner so the mailbox won't be touched while you're working | ||
| − | #: <tt>cd /home/mailman && bin/ | + | #: <tt>cd /home/mailman && bin/mailmanctl stop</tt> |
# Back up the list archives for the list you're editing: | # Back up the list archives for the list you're editing: | ||
#: <tt>cd /home/mailman/archives/private</tt> | #: <tt>cd /home/mailman/archives/private</tt> | ||
Revision as of 18:29, 1 June 2005
From time to time it may be necessary to remove a message from the mailing list archives.
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Private mail
Too late. By the time someone's begging you for help, the offending message was already sent to hundreds of list subscribers.
Mailman archives
A message can be removed from mailman's own list archives, which are generally made available for public viewing via the web.
- Locate the message in the web archives and load it up for reference.
- Stop the mailman runner so the mailbox won't be touched while you're working
- cd /home/mailman && bin/mailmanctl stop
- Back up the list archives for the list you're editing:
- cd /home/mailman/archives/private
- mkdir wikifoo-l.backup
- cp -pr wikifoo-l wikifoo-l.mbox wikifoo-l.backup/
- Edit the mbox file in vi or something...
- vi wikifoo-l.mbox/wikifoo-l.mbox
- Find the message you want and replace its content with a "this message deleted" message.
- Do not remove the entire message, as this will cause URLs to later messages in the archive to break!
- Rebuild the list archives:
- cd /home/mailman && bin/arch --wipe wikifoo-l
- Reload that message from the web archives and make sure it looks ok.
- Start the mailman runner:
- bin/mailmanctl start
Gmane
There is some sort of procedure for this. With luck, the petitioner will e-mail the gmane people themselves and you don't have to worry about it.
Other archives
There may be other public archives of the lists built from addresses subscribed to the lists. There is no automated way to deal with this.
