[Mailman-Users] Some detail questions about migrating lists

[Frank Griffin]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Frank Griffin wrote:
>
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>> Addenda:  I set up a new list on the same host with ftg at roadrunner.com
>> as the owner and as a subscriber, and sent a post from
>> ftg at roadrunner.com to the list.
>>
>> When ftg at roadrunner.com received the copy of the post, the headers were:
>>
>> From: Frank Griffin <ftg at roadrunner.com>
>> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US;
>> rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20071128 SeaMonkey/1.1.8
>> MIME-Version: 1.0
>> To: frank.griffin at selectbs.com
>>     
>
>
> ???
>   

Yeah :-)

>
>   
>> Subject: [Ftgtest] test
>> X-BeenThere: ftgtest at ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com
>> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
>> Precedence: list
>> Reply-To: frank.griffin at selectbs.com
>> List-Id: <ftgtest.ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com>
>> List-Unsubscribe:
>> <http://ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com/mailman/listinfo/ftgtest>,
>> <mailto:ftgtest-request at ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com?subject=unsubscribe>
>> List-Archive: <http://ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com/pipermail/ftgtest>
>> List-Post: <mailto:ftgtest at ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com>
>> List-Help: <mailto:ftgtest-request at ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com?subject=help>
>> List-Subscribe:
>> <http://ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com/mailman/listinfo/ftgtest>,
>> <mailto:ftgtest-request at ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com?subject=subscribe>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>> Errors-To: frank.griffin at selectbs.com
>> Sender: Frank Griffin <ftg314159 at gmail.com>
>>     
>
>
> In a standard Mailman, Errors-To: and Sender: would both be
> <ftgtest-bounces at ftgme2.griffin.selectbs.com> as would the envelope
> sender (possibly visible in a Return-Path: header).
>
>
>   
>> The interesting thing is that the "frank.griffin at selectbs.com" address,
>> while the administrator address for the mailman server which previously
>> owned all of the transported lists on the original host, doesn't figure
>> *anywhere* in the definition of the ftgtest list on the new host.
>>     
>
>
> Why is it the To: address of the post?
>   

You've got me.  I'm assuming that all this stems from some anomaly in
the upgrade that was done of the files copied from the old system.

> What mailman is this? I know it claims to be 2.1.9, but where does it
> come from and in what ways does it differ from the Mailman project's
> 2.1.9 distribution?
>   

It's the Mandriva Cooker (2008.1 RC2) rpm :
mailman-2.1.9-4mdv2008.1.i586.rpm