Well, or if what Shaun means is "mailman is installed, now I just need to move the lists", copy over lists/ and archives/ and you should be mostly there. Run bin/check_perms after, and if the home dir of mailman has changed, use bin/move_list to update the list home path. That should be about it.
Jon Carnes wrote: > > restore the Mailman home directory from backup. If your install is > identical then that will get you most of the way there. The key things to > watch out for is the gid that the Mail server runs as, and the gid that your > Web-server (or cgi scripts) run as. Next step is to add the CGI info into > your webserver's config file so that it knows how to find mailman's cgi > scripts. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaun Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:26 PM > Subject: [Mailman-Users] List restoration help needed ASAP > > > Hello. > > > > My list server died 2 days ago and I'm trying to get a new one up and > > running before all the mail queueing up around the world starts > > bouncing. > > > > I have set up a new system, but it has no lists at present. It's at the > > stage where one would start creating the lists. > > > > Exactly what do I need to restore to simply have all my old lists and > > their archives back? I'm looking to (hopefully) drop a directory or two > > into place and have everything all back and running ... is this > > possible? > > > > Thanks, in advance, for your kind assistance. > > > > -ste > > -- > > Office: (908) 582-7629 Cell: (908) 672-6456 Pager: (888) 290-2057 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users