Mark Sapiro sent the message below at 07:48 12/12/2007: >Visvanath Ratnaweera wrote: > > > >I have the data backup from a dead machine. The list is not moved > >to a new server (yet). Therefore I have no running system of Mailman. > > > >Is there a way of extracting the e-mail addresses from this (data) > >backup?
<snip> >If you did have access to a Mailman installation, you could run >Mailman's bin/dumpdb against the config.pck which would produce output >easier to deal with, or you could create a lists/<listname>/ directory >in that installation, put the config.pck in it and run >"bin/list_members -f -p <listname>" ---------------- End original message. --------------------- Is it really necessary to have a fully functioning Mailman installation to do this? Would it not be sufficient to have Python installed, a copy of the dumpdb script and the config.pck file? Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
