This entry from the Mailman-Users archive helped me lot http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg35691.html
The config.db is indeed converted to a config.pck at first access. I also copied the files in the archive folders and ran bin/withlist -l -r fix_url mylist Uthra Rao wrote: > > We are also migrating our mailing lists from solaris (Majordomo) to > Red Hat Linux (Mailman). I am planning to use the mailing list web > admin "mass subscription" upload file feature to load the mailing list > to the new server. > > UR. > > > > At 08:47 AM 6/28/2006, you wrote: >> Currently we have mailman running on an old Sun sparc with Solaris 8. >> I installed mailman on a new linux server with Redhat 4. I did some >> tests and mailman seems to work fine on the new system with newly >> created lists. The next step is to move the mail lists from the Solaris >> system to the Redat system. Does someone has done this before? >> Can I just move the content of the lists, archive/public and >> archive/private folders? I noticed that Linux is using sometimes a >> different file extension than on Sun. As an example config.pck is found >> on linux and config.db is found on Solaris >> >> Greetings, >> Dany >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Mailman-Users mailing list >> Mailman-Users@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >> Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py >> Searchable Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ >> Unsubscribe: >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/urao%40pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov >> >> >> >> Security Policy: >> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > -- ================================================================== Dany Cuyt DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY Fax:32 (0)9 3313809 GHENT UNIVERSITY/VIB, Technology Park 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie VIB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp