DK wrote: > On 6/13/06, Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> DK wrote: >> > Hello, >> >> > When I do install dbmail 2.16 it removes dbmail2-mysql first. >> > So would this work: >> > 1) backup dbmail mysql database >> > 2) backup /etc/dbmail/ >> >> always a very good idea. >> >> 2a) stop your MTA (postfix?) to prevent mail from bouncing. > If I stop Postfix my mail has no place to go.
That's _exactly_ the idea: freeze your mailsystem, and don't accept new messages. > If I stop dbmail and keep postfix running isn't postfix just going to > queue the mail (It can still look up the aliases from the db) till I > start the new dbmail pkg? Don't count on it. Assume mail will start bouncing. Better be safe than sorry. Mail will start queing at the sending mtas which is no problem at all. >> >> > 3) Install via "apt-get -t unstable install dbmail dbmail-mysql >> > dbmail-sieve" >> >> 4) run the migrate_2.0_to_2.1 script in >> /usr/share/doc/dbmail-mysql/examples >> >> 5) run 'dbmail-util -ay' to prime the header caches. >> 6) edit /etc/defaults/dbmail to select the services you want to run >> 7) check proper delivery: cat message.txt|dbmail-smtp -u username -m >> folder > > What is message.txt is that just something which comes with the new pkg? Something like: ---------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: testing test --------------- should do the trick. > >> 8) /etc/init.d/dbmail restart > > You mean /etc/init.d/dbmail start or do I not have to uninstall the > dbmail2-mysql pkg first? start will do. > >> 9) test availability of imap and/or pop3 >> 10) restart your MTA and keep an eye on mail.log. >> 11) done. >> >> > 4) restore dbmail mysql backup (Same strucure right) >> >> NO! Dbmail does not require dump/reload. > > So when I install the new pkg it will detect that there is already a > dbmail db and not touch it. The packages do not concern themselves with the database at all!!! So, no automatic upgrades of databases, no automatic installation of database, no automatic removal of database. > >> >> > 5) restore /etc/dbmail/ (Do we have new config options?) >> >> NO! Allow dpkg to install the maintainers version of dbmail.conf, and >> afterwards check the settings (trace levels, min_spare_children, >> max_spare_children, etc...) >> > > Should I or can I remove libsieve before I install dbmail-sieve, in > other words do they have anything to do with each other? > dbmail-sieve requires libsieve. If you use the libsieve package from debian.nfgd.net you're all set. -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl
