My problem is the later

After you retrieve copies of the individual messages, you can use a simple
script to generate a list of message files for a given month, create a new
monthly log file, then add the individual messages to the file with the
required separator at the beginning of each message.

I do not know how to write these simple scripts.  How do you get the
separator at the beginning of each message?

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Russell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:55 PM
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Subject: Re: Merging into web version


Gilmore,Mindy wrote:

> I wonder if it would be in my best interest to upgrade my old server
> to 1.8e.  Would the files change then????  Problem is we don't want to
> add webarhive on our main core server.  Can you just load 1.8e without
> the archive.  Would this change the logs to listname.log I wonder
>

You can upgrade to 1.8e without implementing the web interface, however, the
list management, list moderation, and site management features in the 1.8e
web interface are invaluable, even if you decide that you do not want to
make any of your list archives web-accessible. If you want to make list
archives web-accessible, you must consolidate the separate message archives
into weekly or monthly archives.

After you retrieve copies of the individual messages, you can use a simple
script to generate a list of message files for a given month, create a new
monthly log file, then add the individual messages to the file with the
required separator at the beginning of each message.

--
Paul Russell
Senior Systems Administrator
University of Notre Dame