On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:38:17 +1000, Michael Shannon
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>if you allow attachments into your archives, there's an undocumented
>extra step that needs to be taken.

This -is- documented, in the site manager's manual.  I double-checked to
make sure, but it's in both the 1.8d and 1.8e versions of the manual.

5.4.9. Enabling web-based bulk operations

Bulk operations (part of the list owner administration section of the
interface) are not enabled by default when the interface is installed. As
the site manager, you must create a directory called "upload" under the
directory specified in the WWW_ARCHIVE_DIR= site configuration variable,
and give the userid under which the "wa" CGI program is run write
permission in that directory. This is the only directory in which "wa"
needs write authority, and only for this functionality. If you do not want
the functionality, do not create the "upload" directory.

Please note carefully that your browser MUST support the RFC1867 file
upload extension or you will not be able to use the bulk operations page.
Most current browsers do support this extension, including but not limited
to Netscape 3.x and later, and Internet Explorer 4.x and later.

(If you get an error 2 when you click on the "Import" button, this means
that the "upload" directory has not been created. If you get an error 13
when you click on the "Import" button, this means that the "upload"
directory has been created but the CGI program user does not have write
permission in that directory.)

Nathan