If you are still using versions prior to 2.03b (1.02, etc.) hypermail, please read the rest of this message very carefully.Older versions of hypermail are not Y2K compliant!
The older versions of hypermail are not Y2K compliant. The problem is that all messages after December 31, 1999 have their year changed to 1970 for sorting purposes. Thus new messages after December 31, 1999 will start showing up at the top of the date order list instead of the bottom.
Beware!!!
Processing an old archive with the new software can lead to unpredictable results. Hypermail users should convert their old archives back to mbox format, if they don't have a copy already in that format. Using the hypetombox.pl utility, the command line should be like the following.hypermail-2b30 generated archives are not backward compatible with older 1.02 generated archives.hypetombox.pl -d hypermail_archive_directory -m new_mbox_file
The new mbox formatted file can then be processed by the new version hypermail. Please refer to the hypermail man page for instructions on creating an archive from a mbox formatted file.