Authorized messages and files sent to maillists can be archived by Majordomo. Maillist members can retrieve messages from the archive following these steps:
- Send the "index <list>" command to list-request@yourdomainname.com
- Wait for a response from Majordomo that will have a list of all messages/files in the maillist archive including the subject and Identifier (message/file ID/name) data for each file/message.
- Send the "get <list> <identifier>" command to list-request@yourdomainname.com .
- Wait for the requested message/file to arrive in the mail.
Note: More than one message/file can be ordered per request.
Archive size limits
To prevent disc space overconsumption by maillists, archives are subject to limits in terms of the total number of posts per maillist that can be stored concurrently and the number of posts in a single discussion thread, i.e. messages that are related by their subject line content and are derived by replying consecutively to a single thread originator message.
The following rules apply:
- Only authorized messages, i.e. coming from email addresses registered on the maillist, are stored in the archive.
- No more than 40 posts per single discussion thread can be stored.
- Up to 5000 posts can be stored. When an archive reaches this limit, it is updated by adding the new messages to the top of the archive and deleting the oldest posts from its bottom so that the total number messages never exceeds 5000.
- Archive's volume cannot exceed 10000 kb.