Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists with large archives to new server

On 01/30/2015 03:09 PM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > > My question revolves around the list archives. If I start Mailman up before > they are copied across, it is likely there will be waiting messages and these > will get archived to a new mbox file. I want to reduce downtime in moving > the lists

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists with large archives to new server

Hi, I am required by my host to change server hardware as the current hardware is out of support and needs replacing. I will be going from 32-Bit Debian Wheezy to 64-Bit Jessy when it is released, and will probably upgrade to Mailman 2.1.19 from 2.1.18-1 using my own custom made packages. All

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists to new server - question on specific files

On 07/18/2014 01:27 PM, Alfred Pope wrote: > > 1) I'm moving the lists from version 2.1.9 on Solaris 10 to version 2.1.18-1 > on Ubuntu. In an older post from Barry (which I cannot find now) he seems to > indicate the list configuration files under mailman/lists// have > not changed in these

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists to new server - question on specific files

I've read dozens of posts concerning how to move mailman lists to a new mailman server and I have a pretty good idea what needs to be done. I would like to get clarification on several details though. 1) I'm moving the lists from version 2.1.9 on Solaris 10 to version 2.1.18-1 on Ubuntu. In

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010, Mark Sapiro wrote: The steps I sent the other day are OK as is, but some uncertainty is removed. Just to report that, so far as I can tell, everything went as expected. There was no reference to the domain in the config.pck file, so I could just run the withlist command

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

On 4/15/2010 1:35 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: > > So does this mean any changes to the instructions you send the other > day? The steps I sent the other day are OK as is, but some uncertainty is removed. Here are some notes. > 1) Create a list the cPanel way on cPanel. it should have the same name

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010, Mark Sapiro wrote: Basically cPanel Mailman is Mailman. In particular, config.pck files are the same (there are no additional list attributes) and the file structure within the /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman PREFIX directory seems completely unchanged. So does this mea

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

Geoff Shang wrote: > >See attached. > >I've not yet tried the procedure, so hopefully you'll have looked at it if >I run into trouble. Either way I'll give you a blow-by-blow account of >how it goes. I have looked at the cPanel 2.1.12cp3 code and made a diff to the 2.1.12 base, and it is surpr

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: It's actually not as bad as it looks. Mark wrote an assembler language level description of where to get the data you'll need, and what to do with it. Oh I'm not particularly daunted by it, especially after rereading it a couple of times. But

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

Geoff Shang writes: > On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > > I will assume the people on the cPanel side have shell access to the > > server. If not, there's not much that can be done. > > Wow, that's quite a daunting list of things to do. It's actually not as bad as it looks. Mark

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, Mark Sapiro wrote: I will assume the people on the cPanel side have shell access to the server. If not, there's not much that can be done. Wow, that's quite a daunting list of things to do. I'm not sure the admin at the hosting provider will be game to try this, but I wi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

Geoff Shang wrote: > >I have someone moving their lists off our server which runs regular >Mailman to a server running Mailman under CPanel. Since it's a Mailman >variant, I'm a bit reluctant to just copy stuff en mass over there, not >that I'd be installing it anyway. On the other hand, the l

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists

Hello, I'm aware of the FAQ entry on this topic.. Hopefully what I'm about to ask isn't really covered there, I don't think it is. I have someone moving their lists off our server which runs regular Mailman to a server running Mailman under CPanel. Since it's a Mailman variant, I'm a bit r

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists on one box with several virtual hosts

Paul Kleeberg wrote: >I have several Mailman lists on one box that has several virtual sites. I >need to move them to a new box and I want to change the web address for users >to manage their addresses from virtual1.tld to www.virtual1.tld. Looking at >both config_list and with_list, I do not

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists on one box with several virtual hosts

I have several Mailman lists on one box that has several virtual sites. I need to move them to a new box and I want to change the web address for users to manage their addresses from virtual1.tld to www.virtual1.tld. Looking at both config_list and with_list, I do not see a way to do that. I

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists... my final challenge

Thank you Mark, That worked flawlessly. The list members will appreciate seeing all the archive history. Regards, Jeff >>> Mark Sapiro 2/11/2009 12:34 PM >>> Jeff Bernier wrote: > >Is it possible to take these older archives and move them over to be added to >the archives of the current li

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists... my final challenge

Jeff Bernier wrote: > >Is it possible to take these older archives and move them over to be added to >the archives of the current lists on the new system? It is not a must-have, >but would be nice. Get the archives/private/LISTNAME.mbox/LISTNAME.mbox files from the old server. Stop Mailman on

[Mailman-Users] Moving Lists... my final challenge

Hello, As I mentioned in recent posts, I have had to move a Mailman list from one server to another. Thanks to all your help, to Mark in particular, I have accomplished this, and everything is good. I have just one last challenge: The old, soon to be retired server contains older archives f

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists to New Host

Don McGregor wrote: > >I'm moving a list manager to a new box, and at the same time bumping >up the version >of mailman. > >I copied archives and the lists directory over, installed the >2.1.12rc1 version on top of >the old 2.1.9 version. > >bin/list_lists shows all the old lists when run on th

[Mailman-Users] Moving Lists to New Host

I'm moving a list manager to a new box, and at the same time bumping up the version of mailman. I copied archives and the lists directory over, installed the 2.1.12rc1 version on top of the old 2.1.9 version. bin/list_lists shows all the old lists when run on the new box. The cgi script

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists without shell access

Brad Knowles wrote: >on 11/18/08 6:36 PM, Scott Race said: > >> Is there a way to move lists from one server to another without shell >> access? I am able to download the archives from the admin interface, >> but don't have ssh access Thanks! > >There's no way to import the archives without u

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists without shell access

on 11/18/08 6:36 PM, Scott Race said: Is there a way to move lists from one server to another without shell access? I am able to download the archives from the admin interface, but don't have ssh access Thanks! There's no way to import the archives without using the command-line interfac

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists without shell access

Is there a way to move lists from one server to another without shell access? I am able to download the archives from the admin interface, but don't have ssh access Thanks! -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

Jeff Bernier wrote: I have a new server running our new Mailman Lists. I also have an older system containing Mailman lists that I want to migrate to the new server. Is this possible? If so... how is it done? The Mailman FAQ Wizard at

[Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

Hello All, I am a newbie to the Mailman ListServer, so go easy... I have a new server running our new Mailman Lists. I also have an older system containing Mailman lists that I want to migrate to the new server. Is this possible? If so... how is it done? Any help is appreciated. -Jeff

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

On 5/24/07, carconni wrote: > Thank you! It sounds like you've saved me a lot of heartache. We have > a Netapps that I was hoping to mount on the mail server and was hoping > I could avoid losing mail when the mail server ran into problems. You can copy stuff up there, as a periodic backup

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

Brad, Thank you! It sounds like you've saved me a lot of heartache. We have a Netapps that I was hoping to mount on the mail server and was hoping I could avoid losing mail when the mail server ran into problems. It's my understanding that the next version on Leopard will support mail cl

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

On 5/24/07, Brad Knowles wrote: > In short, I'd avoid this kind of solution like the plague, as far as > postfix is concerned. It may be okay to store certain types of user > mailboxes out on NFS (or other shared filesystem type), but not the > mail queues themselves. I should also say that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

On 5/24/07, carconni wrote: > I'm moving postfix's /var/spool to /mounted_file_share/mail/var/spool > and I've changed the path in the main.cf file to point to it. Postfix is not designed to be used on a shared filesystem. In fact, most shared filesystems violate some rules that most local f

[Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

Hi, I'm having some trouble with my mail server (xserve 10.4.9). We discovered that there were some hardware issues and I'm in the process of building a new mail server to replace the old. I understand that the current MAC OS doesn't support clustering so what we would like to do is move

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

Mark, Thanks. ../../bin/withlist -l -r fix_url worked like a charm. I'm sure there's some cleanup to do, but I'll bet that took care of most of it. Van Mark Sapiro wrote: >G. Armour Van Horn wrote: > > >>The problem with the old server is that it won't accept mail for >>Mailman. Someth

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

G. Armour Van Horn wrote: > >The problem with the old server is that it won't accept mail for >Mailman. Something about my last attempt to upgrade Mailman there broke >it. I'm putting this function on a new server because I just don't have >time to figure out the problem on the old one, and the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

A little more digging suggests it may be possible to extract the data with the dumpdb command run against the config.pck. That provides a lot of stuff that isn't needed, like the bounce status of the members which is hardly of interest after the time the server has been offline, but the users a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

Patrick, The problem with the old server is that it won't accept mail for Mailman. Something about my last attempt to upgrade Mailman there broke it. I'm putting this function on a new server because I just don't have time to figure out the problem on the old one, and the new one has enough ho

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists between virtual domains.

Thanks for you reply mark. I had little time to do it and that was what I did, after doing that for each of the lists I wanted to move, I got several errors. I then remembered, I don't know if that is mandatory, to regenerate virtual-mailman.db using genaliases commmand. so the steps I took per

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists between virtual domains.

Orlando Reis wrote: >Hi all, athough this question as been posted in the past and I have searched >and searched the mailing list I haven't found a simple a and clear solution >to the problem. > >I have my default mailman URL at www.mainhost.com >And have several other vhosts added > >POSTFIX_STYLE

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists between virtual domains.

Hi all, athough this question as been posted in the past and I have searched and searched the mailing list I haven't found a simple a and clear solution to the problem. I have my default mailman URL at www.mainhost.com And have several other vhosts added POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['vhost1.o

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists

On 1/29/07, G. Armour Van Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, where do I dig up the membership list, and how do I deal with all > the old URLs? FAQ 3.4 should help with this. Let us know if you still have issues. -- - Patri

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists

My old Mailman host died a while back, and I'm finally getting around to getting the new one running again. Before I shut off the old host I tarred up the old files and have them on the new server. I just moved the components from the old archives and lists directories into the new locations, a

Re: [Mailman-Users] moving lists from one server to another

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:23 -0400, Dave Pisarek wrote: > One thing that I do not have is a "var" directory in mailman. Below is > the what I have after I su - mailman > > bash-2.05$ pwd > /usr/mailman > bash-2.05$ ls > Mailmanarchives cgi-bindata icons locks mail >

Re: [Mailman-Users] moving lists from one server to another

On Apr 11, 2005 3:19 PM, Dave Pisarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 11, 2005 2:54 PM, John Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 13:59 -0400, Dave Pisarek wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I am new to mailman and need to move around 200 lists from one server > > > to a

Re: [Mailman-Users] moving lists from one server to another

On Apr 11, 2005 2:54 PM, John Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 13:59 -0400, Dave Pisarek wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am new to mailman and need to move around 200 lists from one server > > to another. I am looking for an easy way and fast way to do so. If > > someone co

Re: [Mailman-Users] moving lists from one server to another

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 13:59 -0400, Dave Pisarek wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to mailman and need to move around 200 lists from one server > to another. I am looking for an easy way and fast way to do so. If > someone could explain how or point me to good docs on how to do this I > would greatl

[Mailman-Users] moving lists from one server to another

Hello all, I am new to mailman and need to move around 200 lists from one server to another. I am looking for an easy way and fast way to do so. If someone could explain how or point me to good docs on how to do this I would greatly appreciate. -- -- Dave -

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists to another host

> I am in the process of moving Mailman lists to another host. > > Firstly, I created the new mailing list and import existing > configurations, archives and members into the mailing list on the new > host, but I lost members options. > > Is there a simple method in order to transfer the members o

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists to another host

Hello all, I am in the process of moving Mailman lists to another host. Firstly, I created the new mailing list and import existing configurations, archives and members into the mailing list on the new host, but I lost members options. Is there a simple method in order to transfer the member

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists to new server

Hey, I know this has been covered somewhat before--I've read archival posts on the subject and still am having problems (e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/). Here is the deal: Have to move 14 Mailman lists from one server to another. Old Box: Mailman 2.0.13-1; New Box: 2.0.14-1

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists between Systems/versions of Mailman

Ken, I recently upgraded and migrated at the same time. However, this was from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3. I turned off external mail/web access to Mailman, confirmed I had no mail left to be processed and then tar'd n' zipped the 2.1.2 installation. I moved and unpacked it on the new box and then ran th

[Mailman-Users] Moving Lists between Systems/versions of Mailman

We presently have Mailman v2.0.13 installed, with several lists created. We're going to be moving shortly to a new system, on which I have installed v2.1.3. Can I: (a) copy all appropriate files and aliases, etc., to the new system and have the lists run successfully, without actually having

[Mailman-Users] moving lists to different server

Hello, I need to move some lists from one server to another. I use 2.0.8 on both. Will everything work just copying and moving directories and archives? Any suggestions? Thanks. - Andrea Lambardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Mailman-Users mailin

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists to a new server

> This is what ./bin/move_list is for: Thanks very much for the pointer. Might I humbly suggest to the powers that be that this be casually mentioned in the UPGRADING document? It's not really an upgrade issue as such, but the rest of the text in that document implies that there's not much

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists to a new server

Mike Barnes wrote: > The base path of the installation changed from /localhome/mailman to > /var/mailman and while we're mostly functional there are errors cropping > up related to the archive paths. After doing some digging and a couple > of recursive greps, I've discovered there is a reference

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists to a new server

I have a slight problem with an installation/upgrade. The nutshell version is that the whole setup was packed up and moved from server A to server B, and upgraded from 1.1 to 2.0.6 in the process. Everything went OK except for one small thing. The base path of the installation changed from /loca