I’d recommend the following:

 

Assuming the LISTSERV administrator has access to the machine’s file system, the simplest solution is to clone the list, then copy the relevant archive files over from the old list into the new list’s archive directory, and rename them so they match the name of the renamed list.  Then do a

 

REINDEX BOTH IMMEDIATE listname

 

(where listname is the name of the new list) to rebuild the archive and web index files.  (Note that there is no need to copy the index files from the web directory; as long as there is a directory under the /archives URL for the list in question, LISTSERV will rebuild those indexes.)

 

There isn’t any real reason to get into the archive files themselves and change anything in them so long as people understand these are archives from a previous incarnation of this list.  Indeed, I’d recommend NOT doing that.

 

From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Glenn Eichel
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2022 2:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Moving list Archives

 

Thanks Peter, I'll give it a whirl.

 

Glenn


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Glenn R. Eichel

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On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 1:35 PM Peter M. Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

My guess:

INDEX listname

edit and GET all files

save each filename in the new archives with the new fn.

Re-index as appropriate.

Or some listserv admin can probably do some scripting.

Update all of the template, welcome / farewall, and other docs to reflect the changes.

On 8/3/2022 12:46, Glenn Eichel wrote:

Greetings from wonderful Maine. 

 

Our school of business maintains 5 or so lists on our server. A new primary owner has taken over and wants new names to reflect a formal name change of the school. Normal practice is to clone the existing list with a new name. However, several of their lists have extensive log and notebook files that they would like to save. What do you do in this situation?

 

 

 

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