msgXXXX.html permission question

I am updating my webified mailing list using the following out of cron:

mhonarc -quiet -expireage 7905600 <majordomo archive name>

When it creates the new .html files, it doesn't turn on the read bits.  Is
there any way I can turn on the read bits automatically after the new
messages have been converted?

cheers
-cp

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Craig Pierantozzi                       voice: 617-500-0169
Sr. Network Engineer                      fax: 617-500-0001
XCOM Technologies, Inc.                 pager: 888-415-1391