diff -ru hypermail-2b28/patchlevel.h hypermail/patchlevel.h
--- hypermail-2b28/patchlevel.h	Mon Dec  6 17:22:27 1999
+++ hypermail/patchlevel.h	Tue Nov 30 23:57:14 1999
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define VERSION "2b30"
+#define VERSION "2b30++"
 #define PATCHLEVEL "0"
diff -ru hypermail-2b28/src/hypermail.c hypermail/src/hypermail.c
--- hypermail-2b28/src/hypermail.c	Mon Dec  6 17:22:28 1999
+++ hypermail/src/hypermail.c	Tue Nov 30 23:57:14 1999
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@
     authname = setindex(set_defaultindex, "author", set_htmlsuffix);
 
     /*
+     * Set name of the overviewfile. FIXME, this is hardcoded
+     */
+    overviewname = "archive_overview.haof" ;
+
+    /*
      * General settings for mail command and rewriting.
      */
 
@@ -496,6 +501,7 @@
 	writethreads(amount_new);
 	writesubjects(amount_new);
 	writeauthors(amount_new);
+	writeoverview(amount_new);
     }
     else {
 	printf("No mails to output!\n");
diff -ru hypermail-2b28/src/hypermail.h hypermail/src/hypermail.h
--- hypermail-2b28/src/hypermail.h	Mon Dec  6 17:22:28 1999
+++ hypermail/src/hypermail.h	Tue Nov 30 23:57:14 1999
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
 VAR char *datename;		/* By date index file               */
 VAR char *subjname;		/* By subject index file            */
 VAR char *thrdname;		/* By thread index file             */
+VAR char *overviewname;		/* Easily parsable overview file    */
 
 VAR int use_mailcommand;
 VAR int use_mailto;
--- hypermail-2b30/src/print.c.orig	Thu Sep 21 19:43:29 2000
+++ hypermail-2b30/src/print.c	Sun Dec 10 23:35:36 2000
@@ -381,6 +381,38 @@
     }
 }
 
+/*
+** Pretty-prints the items for the overviewfile.
+*/
+
+void printoverviewitems(FILE *fp, struct header *hp)
+{
+    char *subj, *from_name, *from_emailaddr;
+    if (hp != NULL) {
+	struct emailinfo *em = hp->data;
+	printoverviewitems(fp, hp->left);
+	subj = convchars(em->subject);
+	from_name = convchars(em->name);
+	from_emailaddr = convchars(em->emailaddr);
+	fprintf(fp,
+	    "      <mail>\n"
+	    "        <subject>%s</subject>\n"
+	    "        <date>%s</date>\n"
+	    "        <fromname>%s</fromname>\n"
+	    "        <fromemail>%s</fromemail>\n" 
+	    "        <message-id>%s</message-id>\n"
+	    "        <file>\"%.4d.%s\"</file>\n"
+	    "      </mail>\n\n"
+	    ,subj, getdatestr(em->date), from_name, from_emailaddr, em->msgid,
+	    em->msgnum, set_htmlsuffix);
+
+	free(subj);
+	free(from_name);
+	free(from_emailaddr);
+	printoverviewitems(fp, hp->right);
+    }
+}
+
 int showheader(char *header)
 {
     return (inlist(set_show_headers, header) || inlist(set_show_headers, "*"));
@@ -1547,6 +1579,67 @@
 
     printfooter(fp, ihtmlfooterfile, set_label, set_dir,
 		lang[MSG_BY_AUTHOR], authname);
+
+    fclose(fp);
+
+    if (newfile && chmod(filename, set_filemode) == -1) {
+	sprintf(errmsg, "%s \"%s\": %o.",
+		lang[MSG_CANNOT_CHMOD], filename, set_filemode);
+	progerr(errmsg);
+    }
+
+    if (set_showprogress)
+	putchar('\n');
+}
+
+/*
+** Write the overviewfile. Might be XML based. Should be easily parseble.
+*/
+
+void writeoverview(int amountmsgs)
+{
+    int newfile;
+    char filename[MAXFILELEN];
+    FILE *fp;
+
+    sprintf(filename, "%s%s%s", set_dir,
+	    (set_dir[strlen(set_dir) - 1] == '/') ? "" : "/", overviewname);
+
+    if (isfile(filename))
+	newfile = 0;
+    else
+	newfile = 1;
+
+    if ((fp = fopen(filename, "w")) == NULL) {
+	sprintf(errmsg, "%s \"%s\".", lang[MSG_COULD_NOT_WRITE], filename);
+	progerr(errmsg);
+    }
+
+    if (set_showprogress)
+	printf("%s \"%s\"...", lang[MSG_WRITING_DATE_INDEX], filename);
+
+
+    fprintf(fp,"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n\n");
+    fprintf(fp,"  <!DOCTYPE haof PUBLIC "
+	 "\"-//Bernhard Reiter//DTD HOAF 0.1//EN\"\n" 
+	 "\"http://ffii.org/~breiter/probe/haof-0.1.dtd\">\n\n"
+	   );
+    fprintf(fp,"  <haof version=\"0.1\">\n\n");
+
+    fprintf(fp,"    <indices>\n");
+    fprintf(fp,"       <dateindex>%s</dateindex>\n",datename);
+    fprintf(fp,"       <threadindex>%s</threadindex>\n",thrdname);
+    fprintf(fp,"       <subjectindex>%s</subjectindex>\n",subjname);
+    fprintf(fp,"       <authorindex>%s</authorindex>\n",authname);
+    fprintf(fp,"    </indices>\n\n");
+    
+    fprintf(fp,"    <mails>\n\n");
+    printoverviewitems(fp,datelist);
+    fprintf(fp,"    </mails>\n");
+    
+
+    fprintf(fp,"  </haof>");
+
 
     fclose(fp);