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recommend rsync for ietf mailing list access. fixes #610
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sbenthall committed Jun 3, 2024
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There are severa many ways to access the public mailing list data of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
There are several ways to access the public mailing list data of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

The IETF documents many access methods `here <https://www.ietf.org/how/lists/>`_.
We discuss several oprtions.

Remotely sync
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The most efficient and reliable way to export a full mailing list archive from the IETF is with the ``rsync`` tool.

For example:

``rsync -v -r rsync.ietf.org::mailman-archive/listname .``

BigBang can then be pointed to create directory and used for analytics.


Export from Web Interface
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