How do I bulk remove the existing archives for all lists safely?

SympaNovice commented 1 year ago

I have disabled archives on all existing lists on our sympa server. The /home/sympa/arc is currently taking up 19GB so I need to clear it out. Qs. How do I bulk remove the existing archives for all lists safely?

Version

6.2.68

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Expected behavior

Actual behavior

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From what I can see so far, MHonArc seems to be integrated with sympa to produce the mail archives. When creating a list, depending on List type, the mail archive option on the list may be enabled e.g. Confidential list setup, Public discussion mailing list eventhough it is switched off in the sympa.conf file.

MORE Queries...

How do I customize the archiving in order to reduce disk usage?
Can the existing contents of /home/sympa/arc be deleted or will this cause a problem with sympa and/or MHonArc?
Alternatively, can the mail archive directory /home/sympa/arc be compressed and if it can - tar or gzip?
Can mHonArc be configured to compress the Archives as it is creating them?

Any help/guidance would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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