Re: [Mailman-Users] migrating to new server

[Brendon Lloyd]

Here's a good one:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/567

However, I found that in addition to the steps described above, the 
"make install" script updates old data, archives, and lists directories, 
so it's best to install from source if you plan to migrate/upgrade.


Also you will need to run the /usr/local/mailman/bin/check_perms script 
to straighten out your permissions.


Pieter Donche wrote:

An old server is to be replaced with a new one. The old server
(solaris mailman-2.1.7) runs a couple of mailing lists. We will keep 
the same web address and the same e-mail address on the new server 
(FreeBSD7 mailman-2.1.11).


In the old server the mailman software ran under a normal user with 
everything in the home-dir of that user. In the new server it needs to 
be in /usr/local/mailman (where FreeBSD installs it)


What steps need to be executed to migrate all the mailings lists 
(archives

memberslists etc...) from the old to the new server?
I have unix root access to both machines.

Is there a step by step document ?

The B.Warsaw GNU Mailman - Installation Manual lacks a section on
migration ...
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Re: [Mailman-Users] migrating to new server

[Mark Sapiro]

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Subject: [Mailman-Users] migrating to new server
   From: Pieter Donche 
   Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:55:51 +0200 (CEST)
 To: mailman-users@python.org

>An old server is to be replaced with a new one. The old server
>(solaris mailman-2.1.7) runs a couple of mailing lists. 
>We will keep the same web address and the same e-mail address on 
>the new server (FreeBSD7 mailman-2.1.11).
>
>In the old server the mailman software ran under a normal user 
>with everything in the home-dir of that user. 
>In the new server it needs to be in /usr/local/mailman 
>(where FreeBSD installs it)
>
>What steps need to be executed to migrate all the mailings lists (archives
>memberslists etc...) from the old to the new server?
>I have unix root access to both machines.
>
>Is there a step by step document ?


There's information in the FAQ. In your case, all you really need to do
is move the contents of Mailman's lists/* and archives/private/*
directories from the old installation to the new. You may not want to
move the 'mailman' list.

See the posts linked at the very beginning of the FAQ at
<http://wiki.list.org/x/2oA9>.

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[Mailman-Users] migrating to new server

[Pieter Donche]

An old server is to be replaced with a new one. The old server
(solaris mailman-2.1.7) runs a couple of mailing lists. 
We will keep the same web address and the same e-mail address on 
the new server (FreeBSD7 mailman-2.1.11).


In the old server the mailman software ran under a normal user 
with everything in the home-dir of that user. 
In the new server it needs to be in /usr/local/mailman 
(where FreeBSD installs it)


What steps need to be executed to migrate all the mailings lists (archives
memberslists etc...) from the old to the new server?
I have unix root access to both machines.

Is there a step by step document ?

The B.Warsaw GNU Mailman - Installation Manual lacks a section on
migration ...
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Migrating to new server...

[Mark Sapiro]

Will Nordmeyer wrote:
>
>I'm preparing to migrate my mailman V2.1.9 (just upgraded from 2.1.8 last
>night) lists, etc. to a new server.  I found this article
>http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg11052.html directing
>me how to back up/restore, etc.


Also see

and perhaps other FAQs including 4.6 and 4.18 and 4.29.


>It tells me to back up config.db for each list.  I don't have/can't find any
>config.db files within the mailman system.  How bad is that?


config.db went away in Mailman 2.1. It is now config.pck. The
instructions in the article you point to contain unnecessary steps. It
isn't necessary to create the list with newlist on the new server.
Also, the config.db files they refer to (now config.pck files) are in
the lists/listname/ directories, so following the steps literally will
move them twice.

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[Mailman-Users] Migrating to new server...

[Will Nordmeyer]

Hi,

 

I'm preparing to migrate my mailman V2.1.9 (just upgraded from 2.1.8 last
night) lists, etc. to a new server.  I found this article
http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg11052.html directing
me how to back up/restore, etc.

 

It tells me to back up config.db for each list.  I don't have/can't find any
config.db files within the mailman system.  How bad is that?

 

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