Thank you Larry. Since I posted this the issue has clarified some.
Here's what we know:

• The web portal access to this list archives has and does work.
• Archives = Private
• List subscribers used to be able to connect directly to the list's
archive via a HTTPS link. That stopped working recently. L-Soft support
confirmed the HTTPS blockage. The HTTP link to the same archives work.
• After a recent Mac Safari update I am required to log into the
Listserv portal every day. I used to stay logged in for days at a time.

Glenn

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Glenn Eichel
Software Support Analyst, EAST Team
Zoom/Portal/Listserv Administrator
Lecturer, Department of Sociology

201-H Fernald Hall
University of Maine
207-581-4631

On 6/7/19 10:19 AM, Lawrence Finch wrote:
> Hi, Glenn,
>
> First question: Has the web interface to archives ever worked? If it
> has worked in the past the usual reason it stopped is permissions on
> the web archives directory have changed. If it has never worked go to
> the Site Manager’s manual and check the instructions for setting up
> web archives.
>
> A review of how Notebooks work:
>
> There is a notebook directory for each list, usually in the
> listserv/home directory. It contains “notebooks” that are generated at
> the intervals specified in the list header. Notebooks are text files
> that contain the list’s messages in a standard email format. The
> location can be found in the list configuration header for the list.
> Notebooks can be downloaded by users with email “get” requests. The
> web archive, if enabled, scans the notebooks and builds the web view
> of the notebooks. This scan is done every time listserv is rebooted,
> and also at midnight server time every day.
>
> The web archive directory can be anywhere in the path for the website,
> but the preferred location is an “archives” directory in the site’s
> root. For example, if the site is www.mylist.org
> <http://www.mylist.org>, the archives directory might be (for a
> standard linux installation) /var/www/html/www.mylist.org/archives
> <http://www.mylist.org/archives>. After creating the archives
> directory create a subdirectory in it for each list. The subdirectory
> name must match exactly the list name. Permissions on the archive
> directory and these subdirectories must be read/write/execute for the
> listserv user.
>
> If it has worked in the past all of the setup is probably correct;
> just check that the permissions allow the listserv user to both
> navigate to the archives directory and write to it and the list
> subdirectories. After checking this delete the contents of the list
> subdirectories, then restart listserv and it should rebuild the
> archives for the list(s).
>
> Post back if you have any questions or need more help.
>
> Best regards,
> Larry
> Site manager for hmssurprise.org <http://hmssurprise.org>.
>
>
>> On Jun 6, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Glenn Eichel <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings Listservers,
>>
>> I have a user who reported that his direct web URL links to his
>> lists' notebook archives stopped working. I was puzzled by this since
>> I thought that notebooks were only available through the web portal.
>> What am I missing? Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Glenn Eichel
>> Software Support Analyst, EAST Team
>> Zoom/Portal/Listserv Administrator
>> Lecturer, Department of Sociology
>>
>> 201-H Fernald Hall
>> University of Maine
>> 207-581-4631
>>
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