From: Mats Dufberg <Mats.Dufberg@abc.se>
To: Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@natur.cuni.cz>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:14:30 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Re: splitting archive


On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Martin Mokrejs wrote:

> Hello, I have found your script at
> http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/mhonarc/1998-10/msg00083.html,
> however, I don't know where to find the $rcfile. I have installed MHOnArc.
> It this the listname.rc file? No, I expect. What should be in this file?
> 
> The script expects the archive file input on stdin?

I enclose my latest version for you.

The $rcfile is the mhonarc rc-file, by default .mhonarcrc, and I so no
reason to give it another name. It is hardcode in the scrip under
"settings". That file should be present, and it should be in the root
directory of the list that you want to split.

If you save to the list "kitchen" in

/local/kitchen/1998/
/local/kitchen/1999/

Then the rcfile should be

/local/kitchen/.mhonarcrc


If you don't specify --source then STDIN is used. From the beginning I
used it that way directly from /etc/aliases, but the server received too
many mail, so I switched method and saved all mail into files, and then
every midnight I do the archiving.

# 6. --source: the absolute path of the mailbox to be archived (STDIN not
used)

It should rather say:

  --source: the absolute path of the mailbox to be archived or STDIN
            is used


You are welcome back with questions. The script has really served my
needs. I deceided from the beginning that I should be able to handle
different lengths of timeperiods. I haven't had any problems with it.


Yours
Mats


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Mats Dufberg                                  Mats.Dufberg@abc.se