Re: download mailing list archives

Reply: Kurt Hackenberg : "Re: download mailing list archives"
In reply to: Panayotis Manganaris : "download mailing list archives"
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From: Jan Stary <hans_at_stare.cz>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:03:11 UTC

On Oct 20 21:10:11, panos.manganaris@gmail.com wrote:
> I'd prefer the archives either in mbox or maildir format. It seems this is not available for any mailing list at any time.
> 
> I was able to find a subset of archives available to download from https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/ but they are in plain text format. This is fine as a last resort, but not ideal.

mbox _is_ a plaintext format (obviously). Just download
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2021-May.txt.gz
gunzip it and run mutt -f (or whatever) on it.