From 9415d5057a20ae9c13480297599c50d866c74afb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sb Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 16:40:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] recommend rsync for ietf mailing list access. fixes #610 --- docs/datasets/mailinglists.rst | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/datasets/mailinglists.rst b/docs/datasets/mailinglists.rst index f643f996..8a6277e6 100644 --- a/docs/datasets/mailinglists.rst +++ b/docs/datasets/mailinglists.rst @@ -7,11 +7,23 @@ Below we describe, how the public mailing lists of each of the Internet standard IETF ================ -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 `_. We discuss several oprtions. +Remotely sync +---------------- + +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 -----------------------