The installer can be used to create a web-accessable majordomo mailing list archive by using MHonArc. If you're interested in building an archive for a listserv or an existing mail archive, please see: http://lists.uoregon.edu/~majordom/mdwks/index.html (username: lists password: letmein) or contact the listmaster@lists.uoregon.edu. We strongly advise that you print out this file and use it for reference as you move through the steps. This documentation will not always be visible in your browser's window.

Before you start:

• Ensure that you have:
• a uoregon.edu user account which will house the web archive (normally your own account)
• the password to this uoregon.edu account
• access to a computer with a web browser.
• the email address of the UO majordomo mailing list that you wish to archive (i.e. testlist@lists.uoregon.edu)
• subscribed the target uoregon..edu account to that mailing list (in other words, you receive e-mail from that list at username@uoregon.edu)
• Again, you must subscribe username@uoregon.edu to the mailing list for the archive to work.
• The list must be a majordomo list (listname@lists.uoregon.edu), not a departmental listserv, since this installation only works for majordomo lists. If you need to create a new list, you can do so by filling out the form at http://lists.uoregon.edu/newap.html and then waiting a day or two for your request to be processed. You must wait to get confirmation that your list exists before you can proceed with this installation.

If you are unsure if you have an email account and its password, you can contact University Computing at 346-1758 or e-mail at consult@uoregon.edu. If you have not already created a mailing list, go to Managing a Mailing List or email listmaster@lists.uoregon.edu.

The Installation:

• Open a connection to the target shell.uoregon.edu account using ssh and login using the username and password for the account where the archive will be created (normally your own account, but it could also be a group or departmental account)

• Start your Web browser, and go to:
  http://www.uoregon.edu/cgi-bin/majordomo/mhonarc/makedat.cgi

• Back at the shell.uoregon.edu prompt, type
  % ~listmast/archive-it listname
  where listname is the name of your list.

• Verify that all this worked by sending mail to the list and waiting 2 minutes. Then go to your web browser, and type:
  http://lists.uoregon.edu/~username/listname
  replacing username with the archive username, and listname with the name of your mailing list.

The Fine Print

Problems?

Acknowledgements