Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

On 2/25/08, Odieresis [Gmail] wrote: > I didn't do any changes yet, I was working on other projects. > Vim is a new utility for me, but there's a useful guide I can use to do > what I need for now. Your example makes me think I have to worry about > the future growth of the mailbox and how to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Odieresis [Gmail] writes: > Do you think there is an easier way to do these cleanings? A sort of > webmail interface? Maybe this could be done in the long run, but the problem is finding a given message in the large mailbox. This can't be done effectively over the web. If you have shell acce

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Barry Finkel ha scritto: >> I ended up using head, tail, grep, and a few other Unix utilities >> to find the wanted mail and extract it into a new mbox file. >> It would have been easier to use vi or vim, but the file was too large. I didn't do any changes yet, I was working on other projects. Vi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

> I tried to use vim, but it's a too long file to manage (I don't know how > to do, too). I have not had as chance to read this entire thread from the weekend, so maybe what I have to say has already been said. I once had to processs a 1+Gb mbox file where there had been a mail loop, which caus

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Brad Knowles ha scritto: > Vim should be able to handle it. If vim can't handle it, you may be > left with no other viable option. Again, you need to talk to your > provider. I'm trying to edit the .mbox with Vim, I hope to do any mistakes. Thank you for your detailed answers. --

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

On 2/23/08, Odieresis [Gmail] wrote: > I don't want to edit the html files and leave the message in the mailbox. Fair enough. > I tried to use vim, but it's a too long file to manage (I don't know how > to do, too). Vim should be able to handle it. If vim can't handle it, you may be left w

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

On 2/23/08, Mark Sapiro wrote: > You could try ed, ex, vi or vim, or you could just edit the individual > HTML message per the last section in the revised FAQ. My recollection is that ed, ex, and the original vi cannot handle arbitrarily long lines or binary content, and don't work well with

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

On 2/23/08, Odieresis [Gmail] wrote: > Now my question is how to handle a large mailbox file. Maybe it's a dumb > question, I can't open the file with mutt or emacs, I think these are > unavailable on my virtual server. You may need to talk to your service provider to find out what tools they

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

On 2/23/08, Odieresis [Gmail] wrote: > Now I have a large mbox of MB 200. That's not a large mbox. A large mbox is 2GB, especially on a system where the OS is not configured to support "large files", and 2GB is the largest file size it can handle. Oh, and the machine has only 2GB of RAM. >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Mark Sapiro ha scritto: > You could try ed, ex, vi or vim, or you could just edit the individual > HTML message per the last section in the revised FAQ I don't want to edit the html files and leave the message in the mailbox. I tried to use vim, but it's a too long file to manage (I don't know how

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Odieresis wrote: > >Thank you Mark, this is where I collected the informations about how to >delete the messages. >Now my question is how to handle a large mailbox file. Maybe it's a dumb >question, I can't open the file with mutt or emacs, I think these are >unavailable on my virtual server.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Mark Sapiro ha scritto: > If you haven't already done so, see > . > Even if you have seen this FAQ, see it again as I just revised it. > Thank you Mark, this is where I collected the informations about how to delete the mes

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Odieresis wrote: > >I need to delete a message from the archive. I read in some post I have >to open mbox file of the list and manually remove the message as in >source code. Then to rebuild the archive it's necessary to backup the >archive folder and leave it blank. > >Now I have a large mbox o

[Mailman-Users] Delete message in large mbox

Hi, I need to delete a message from the archive. I read in some post I have to open mbox file of the list and manually remove the message as in source code. Then to rebuild the archive it's necessary to backup the archive folder and leave it blank. Now I have a large mbox of MB 200. Can you te