Full backup and restore of a mailman list
I run a small hosting service with a number of mailman lists. I need to move all the lists to a new server - list config, subscribers, subscriber options, archives, the whole ball of wax for each list.
What's be best way to do this? I tried using config_list (-o on the source end and -i on the receiving end) and list_members with various options but this leaves individual members' options behind.
I note that each list has a file called config.pck associated with it in the mutable data tree, and copying this from one server to the corresponding location on the other _seems_ to copy pretty much everything except the list archives. Is this an acceptable way to do such a move? What about moving list archives? How is this best done?
I've googled around on the mailman site and elsewhere but can't seem to find a definitive HOWTO on moving lists. I'm sure there must be one somewhere. If anyone knows of such documentation, please point me to it.
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At 6:50 PM -0600 2006-01-31, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
I've googled around on the mailman site and elsewhere but can't seem to find a definitive HOWTO on moving lists. I'm sure there must be one somewhere.
Did you search the Mailman FAQ Wizard at <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py>?
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Lindsay Haisley wrote:
I run a small hosting service with a number of mailman lists. I need to move all the lists to a new server - list config, subscribers, subscriber options, archives, the whole ball of wax for each list.
What's be best way to do this?
This has been discussed many times on this list. See for example the entire thread at <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-October/047233.html> which involves an upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1 as well.
Basically you're on the right track - move config.pck files and the archives/ directory. If any domain/host names are changing see FAQ 4.29, and as Brad suggests, there's other info in the FAQ too.
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Lindsay Haisley wrote:
I run a small hosting service with a number of mailman lists. I need to move all the lists to a new server - list config, subscribers, subscriber options, archives, the whole ball of wax for each list.
What's be best way to do this?
This has been discussed many times on this list.
Yep! So I see. I'm sure it's a common problem.
See for example the entire thread at <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-October/047233.html> which involves an upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1 as well.
If I'd dug a little deeper I would probably have found the docs you reference. Thanks so much to both of you!!!
Basically you're on the right track - move config.pck files and the archives/ directory. If any domain/host names are changing see FAQ 4.29, and as Brad suggests, there's other info in the FAQ too.
I'll check it out, but all should be well. I'm just re-vectoring DNS for each list and its associated website from the old server to the new.
Again, many thanks for your quick responses! The references you cite have everything I need to do the job. Mailman versions are the same, so there's no file format conversion involved.
-- Lindsay Haisley | "Fighting against human | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | creativity is like | available at 512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate | <http://pubkeys.fmp.com> http://www.fmp.com | dandelions" | | (Pamela Jones) |
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