diff --git a/random/delete_from_archive.py b/random/delete_from_archive.py
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+import os, json, logging, re
+# import config
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+def list_archives(archives_dir):
+	return [d for d in os.listdir(archives_dir) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(archives_dir, d))]
+
+def list_archive_files(archive_dir):
+	return [os.path.join(archive_dir, f) for f in os.listdir(archive_dir) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(archive_dir, f)) and f.endswith('.json')]
+
+def delete(archive_path, black_list_names):
+	# the archive_path should be a single js file
+	if not os.path.isfile(archive_path):
+		logging.error(archive_path + " is not a file. Aborting")
+		return
+
+	logging.info("Deleting " + str(black_list_names))
+	with open(archive_path, 'r') as fp:
+		d = json.load(fp)
+
+	logging.info(d['name'] + " " + archive_path)
+	logging.info("	- nbr. threads before deletion: " + str(len(d['threads'])))
+	for m in d['threads']:
+		if m['author_name'] in black_list_names:
+			d['threads'].remove(m)
+	logging.info("	- nbr. threads after deletion: " + str(len(d['threads'])))
+	logging.info("writing to " + archive_path)
+
+	with open(archive_path, 'w') as fp:
+		json.dump(d, fp, indent=4)
+
+	logging.info("done.")
+
+def delete_random_spam(archive_path):
+
+	spam_signals = ["Unable to process data: multipart/mixed", "Bulk Email Web Hosting!", "WORK FROM YOUR OWN HOME", "paul_ugo1@yahoo.com", "Advertise Your Business"]
+
+	if not os.path.isfile(archive_path):
+		logging.error(archive_path + " is not a file. Aborting")
+		return
+
+	logging.info("Deleting spamz")
+	with open(archive_path, 'r') as fp:
+		d = json.load(fp)
+
+	logging.info(d['name'] + " " + archive_path)
+	logging.info("	++ nbr. threads before deletion: " + str(len(d['threads'])))
+	for m in d['threads']:
+		for s in spam_signals:
+			if s.lower() in m['content'].lower():
+				logging.info(" - " + m['date'] + " - " + m['subject'])
+				d['threads'].remove(m)
+				break
+			if m['content'].lower().startswith("title: "):
+				logging.info(" - " + m['date'] + " - " + m['subject'])
+				d['threads'].remove(m)
+				break
+			if m['content'].lower().startswith("attachment: "):
+				logging.info(" - " + m['date'] + " - " + m['subject'])
+				d['threads'].remove(m)
+				break
+
+			if m['author_name'] and re.match(r'[A-Za-z0-9 _.,!"\|\\\/\-\+\'\[\]\{\}]', m['author_name']) is None:
+				logging.info(" - " + m['author_name'])
+				d['threads'].remove(m)
+				break
+
+	logging.info("	++ nbr. threads after deletion: " + str(len(d['threads'])))
+	logging.info("writing to " + archive_path)
+
+	with open(archive_path, 'w') as fp:
+		json.dump(d, fp, indent=4)
+
+	logging.info("done.")
+
+
+
+def delete_from_archive(archive, archive_dir, black_list_names=None):
+
+	archives = list_archives(archive_dir)
+
+	if archive not in archives:
+		logging.error(archive + " does not exist. Aborting")
+		return
+
+	archive_dir = os.path.join(archive_dir, archive)
+	if not os.path.isdir(archive_dir):
+		logging.error(archive_dir + " does not exist. Aborting")
+		return
+
+	files = list_archive_files(archive_dir)
+	if not files:
+		logging.error("No files in " + archive_dir + ". Aborting")
+		return
+
+	for f in files:
+		if black_list_names is not None:
+			delete(f, black_list_names)
+		else:
+			delete_random_spam(f)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+	## no refactor yet... cleaning nettime-bold manually...
+
+	# black = ["MRE EKI OMORODION", "EKI OMORODION", "orellanaweb", "KENNETH OSHODI"]
+
+	# white = ["Lachlan Brown", "brad brace", "Alan Sondheim", "David Goldschmidt", "Brian Holmes", "][co][De][e][p.rivation", "Francis Hwang", "Florian Cramer", "- G a r r e t t -"]
+
+	delete_from_archive('nettime_bold', "../MAILINGLISTSARCHIVES")
+
+