[Mailman-Users] Porting from a 2.1.5 installation to 2.1.7

[Rob Tanner]

That was very very helpful.  Thanks!

-- Rob


Mark Sapiro said the following on 02/05/2008 01:22 PM:
> Rob Tanner wrote:
>   
>> I am retiring a server running Mailman 2.1.5 and need to port  
>> everything to a server running 2.1.7 (Fedora Core distribution).  Can I 
>> take the lists directory and simply copy it from one server to another 
>> (i.e., is the format of the various files the same)?  Is there anything 
>> else that needs to be copied?
>>     
>
>
> There are many threads on this in the archives of the mailman-users
> list. The FAQ at
> <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.004.htp>
> points to a few of them.
>
> In short, for 2.1.5 to 2.1.7, you can move the lists/ directory and
> Mailman will transparently update config.pck formats as necessary as
> lists are accessed.
>
> Note the following:
>
> If you move the lists/*/request.pck files, you also need to move any
> data/heldmsg-* files. OTOH, you can ignore any held messages on the
> old server, in which case, it's better to not move the request.pck
> files.
>
> If you want to move archives, you can move the entire archives/private/
> directory. You don't really need to worry about archives/public/ as
> the symlinks therein will be recreated on the new system as the lists
> are accessed, but if you want to move archives/public/, make sure that
> you move the symlinks and not the directories they point to.
>
> If you want to be selective about which archives to move, make sure
> that you move both the archives/private/listname/ and the
> archives/private/listname.mbox/ directories for each list.
>
> You also have to deal with MTA aliases on the new server if the MTA
> uses aliases for Mailman.
>
> If the domain names for web and email will be the same on the new
> server, that's all. If not, you need to run fix_url to update the
> lists. Also, in this case, it might be better to just move the
> archives/private/listname.mbox/ directories and rebuild the archives
> with bin/arch --wipe so that the listinfo links in the archives will
> have the correct host name.
>
> If you are going to rebuild archives, it is good to first check the
> archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox file with bin/cleanarch.
>
> See:
>
> bin/arch --help
> bin/cleanarch --help
> <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.069.htp>
>
>