[Mailman-Users] Delete a message from the list archive

2020-11-02 Thread Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users
Hello 

In a Mailman mailing list (which runs in a cPanel installation), a user sent a 
message which was not really for the list. 

Of course, all "normal" recipients already have this message in their 
mailboxes. There is nothing I could do there. 

But is it possible to delete this single message from the list’s archive, so 
that it will not be there "forever" and not show up in the digest the next day? 

Thank you, Christian 

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[Mailman-Users] Re: Delete a message from the list archive

2020-11-02 Thread Brian Carpenter


On 11/2/20 4:26 AM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote:

In a Mailman mailing list (which runs in a cPanel installation), a user sent a 
message which was not really for the list.

Of course, all "normal" recipients already have this message in their 
mailboxes. There is nothing I could do there.

But is it possible to delete this single message from the list’s archive, so that it will 
not be there "forever" and not show up in the digest the next day?

Thank you, Christian


It is possible but your cPanel hosting provider will need to do it. They 
will need to remove the message from your list's mbox file and then 
rebuild your archives. At least that is the way I handle that situation 
for my own Mailman 2 clients. I don't believe it is possible for a 
cPanel user to do this since they normally don't have root access to the 
server.


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[Mailman-Users] Re: Delete a message from the list archive

2020-11-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
On November 2, 2020 3:24:15 AM PST, Brian Carpenter  
wrote:
>
>On 11/2/20 4:26 AM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote:
>> In a Mailman mailing list (which runs in a cPanel installation), a
>user sent a message which was not really for the list.
>>
>> Of course, all "normal" recipients already have this message in their
>mailboxes. There is nothing I could do there.
>>
>> But is it possible to delete this single message from the list’s
>archive, so that it will not be there "forever" and not show up in the
>digest the next day?
>>
>> Thank you, Christian
>
>It is possible but your cPanel hosting provider will need to do it.
>They 
>will need to remove the message from your list's mbox file and then 
>rebuild your archives. At least that is the way I handle that situation
>
>for my own Mailman 2 clients. I don't believe it is possible for a 
>cPanel user to do this since they normally don't have root access to
>the 
>server.


In addition, if the digest hasn't been sent, the message can be removed from 
the list's digest.mbox file.

As Brian says, all this requires access to Mailman's file hierarchy which most 
users of shared cPanel installations do not have.


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