[Mailman-Users] need advice on migrating existing Mailman to new hard drive

[Fong, Anna]

1. Backup /lists and /archives directories and config.db for each list
2. Use newlist utility to create a list for each
3. Drop in /lists and /archives directories in appropriate locations (see original lists for pathing)
4. Replace config.db with backup copy for each

If paths are same --
5. Use move_list utility to update config.db for each 

If paths are different --
5. Use withlist utility in script to update config.db for each
    Sample scripts available at
    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1999-August/002009.html
    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2002-April/018960.html
    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2002-April/018998.html


Hope this helps,
Anna



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Anna Q. Fong, Webmaster	
California Data Exchange Center	

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	mailman-users-admin at python.org [SMTP:mailman-users-admin at python.org] On Behalf Of randy.stoecker at utoledo.edu
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:34 AM
> To:	mailman-users at python.org
> Subject:	[Mailman-Users] need advice on migrating existing Mailman to new hard drive
> 
> I sent this message to the list but received no response so thought I 
> might try again.  Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to 
> offer advice.
> 
> I am installing a new hard drive in my server with a clean install of 
> Redhat 7.3 and its updated Mailman RPM (version 2.0.11-1).  I am 
> looking for some advice on how to move all of the Mailman files 
> (membership, archives, list configs, etc.) from the old drive to the 
> new one safely.  The old hard drive is running Redhat 7.1 with 
> Mailman 2.0.5 using Sendmail.  
> 
> Randy Stoecker
> Professor of Sociology
> Moderator/Editor
> COMM-ORG:  The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing 
> and Development
> Department of Sociology and Anthropology
> University of Toledo
> Toledo, OH  43606
> USA
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> e-mail: randy at comm-org.utoledo.edu
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