---
name: "archived"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sympa"
version: "6.2.76~dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/archived/8"
---

# archived(8)

Mailing List Archiving Daemon for Sympa

## NAME

archived, archived.pl - Mailing List Archiving Daemon for Sympa

## SYNOPSIS

`"archived.pl"` \[ `"--foreground"` \] \[ `"--debug"` \]

## DESCRIPTION

**Archived** is a program which scan permanently the archive spool and feeds the web archives, converting messages to the HTML format and linking them. Original mails are also kept (in *arctxt/* directory\> for later rebuilding of archives.

The HTML conversion is achieved by the means of the **MHonArc** program.

Archives are accessed via **wwsympa.fcgi** and **sympa\_msg.pl**, which proposes access control; therefore archives should not be located in a public web directory.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`"--"`).  A summary of options is included below.

- "-F", "--foreground"

  Do not detach TTY.

- "-f", "--config="*file*

  Force archived to use an alternative configuration file instead of */etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf*.

- "-d", "--debug"

  Run the program in a debug mode.

- "-h", "--help"

  Print this help message.

## FILES

*$SPOOLDIR/outgoing/* outgoing Sympa directory.

*$DEFAULTDIR/mhonarc\_rc.tt2* template of MHonArc resource file.

- •

  *mhonarc-ressources.tt2* was replaced with *mhonarc\_rc.tt2* on Sympa 6.2.61b.1.

*/etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf* Sympa configuration file.

*$PIDDIR/archived.pid* this file contains the process ID of *archived.pl*.

## MORE DOCUMENTATION

The full documentation in HTML format can be found in \<https://www.sympa.community/manual/\>.

The mailing lists (with web archives) can be accessed at \<https://www.sympa.community/community/lists.html\>.

## HISTORY

This program was originally written by:

- Serge Aumont

  Comité Réseau des Universités

- Olivier Salaün

  Comité Réseau des Universités

This manual page was initially written by Jérôme Marant \<jerome.marant@IDEALX.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

## LICENSE

You may distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.  For more details see *README* file.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license can be found under \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html\>.

## BUGS

Report bugs to Sympa bug tracker. See \<https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**sympa\_msg**(8)](/sympa_msg/8.md), [**bounced**(8)](/bounced/8.md), [**mhonarc**(1)](/mhonarc/1.md), [**sympa\_config**(5)](/sympa_config/5.md).

Sympa::Spindle::ProcessArchive.