The one problem with raw archive files LISTNAME.LOGYYMM is that mime encoded content will be displayed as 7-bit mime. 

If the messages have lots of rich content and attachments then the raw files will be unreadable. Instead, they could remove all the members, make the list CONFIDENTIAL = YES and just allow the list owner to refer to old messages as needed. 





> On Feb 11, 2022, at 8:03 PM, Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:46:21 +0000, "Lane, Tammy J."
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to export the archives from a list?
> 
> You have received 2 fine answers which are essentially the same.  This will
> work for the List Owner but depending on how old the list is, how active it
> was, etc. that could be a lot of work.  For example a list that is 20 years
> old and averages 5-8 messages per day, will have 240 archive files totaling
> over 200MB (based one of my real lists). 
> 
> Another solution (outside of LISTSERV) is to simply ask the server
> administrator to zip up all the LISTNAME.LOGyymm files on disk and send that
> zip archive to the List Owner.  The files are all simply plain text files so
> they will compress a fair amount.  This could be a lot easier and faster.
> 
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