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How do I clear out the archives for Mailman?

Aaron Horsley
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Question

How do I remove older mail archives for Mailman?

 

Answer

Login to your server through SSH using your root details.

Change the directory to /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/

cd /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/
 
Now find your corresponding mailing list name and domain.

find /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/ listname_yourdomain.txt -type f -name '2020-*'
 
Before making the change, backup the folder. 
 
cp -Rav /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/list_domain.tld.mdbox/list_domain.tld.mdbox /home/
 
Remove any entries you need to clear:
vi /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/list_domain.tld.mdbox/list_domain.tld.mdbox
 
And then run 
 
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/arch --wipe list_domain.tld
 
If you want to empty the archive, you can do that with:
 
echo "" > /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/list_domain.tld.mbox/list_domain.tld.mbox /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/arch --wipe list_domain.tld
 

 

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