Sounds like you should just install from scratch, then add the folks to your lists, and alias the old lists to the new lists (unless they have the exact same names...)
Jon Carnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul L. Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I have to rename and give a new IP address to my machine ... > I am have set everything up on this machine that I am sending this email > from. (linux2.winona.msus.edu) My old machine is > (linux.winona.msus.edu). They have separate IP's in the same domain. My > old machine has my old lists (in Majordomo), which I have resetup as > mailman lists on the new machine. I want to switch over to the new > machine transparently to the users. I was going to pull the plug on the > old machine, rename the new box and give it the old IP. > > I found out the webpages have bad links, and something is wrong with the > aliases too, I think. > > hope this makes things clearer. > > Paul > > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Jon Carnes wrote: > > > Unless I read the question wrong (quite possible...) he's getting a new ip > > address and a new domain name. He is not changing any directory structure. > > He will definitely want to update the FQDN info as folks will be clicking on > > links which must stay local and not go off to his old domain/ip. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joel Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I have to rename and give a new IP address to > > my machine ... > > > > > > > Why dont you put aliases into your http.conf file instead. If you have to > > just remap > > > some webpages, this would be an easier task. > > > > > > Jon Carnes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > >On Monday 12 November 2001 20:19, Paul L. Schumacher wrote: > > > >> I am running mailman with postfix. > > > >> > > > >> I have to rename my mailman machine and give it a new ip address, > > > >> forturnately a fixed ip like the old one. I have about 100 working > > > >> lists with their attendant web pages. > > > >> > > > >> What do I have to do about changing names for these web pages, and > > > >> anything else, etc? > > > >> > > > >> thanks in advance, > > > >> > > > >> Paul L. Schumacher > > > >> Winona State University > > > >> Computer Science Department > > > > > > > >Wow, that's an interesting problem... You have to change the name of the > > > >box too? > > > > > > > >Of course you will have to modify Postfix so that it operates using the > > new > > > >name and knows that that is local. You'll also have to modify Apache to > > > >let it know the new name to accept as local. > > > > > > > >For Mailman, you will definately need to modify the two bottom entries on > > > >the General Options page for the web admin. > > > >"Host name this list prefers" > > > >"Base URL for Mailman web interface." > > > >These should reflect the new web and email address base. Then you might > > > >have to move to the Privacy Options page and add the new address as an > > > >address to > > > >"Alias names (regexps) which qualify as explicit to > > > >or cc destination names for this list" > > > > > > > >As far as Mailman is concerned, that should get you up and running again > > > >after the renaming. > > > > > > > >Good Luck! Let us know how it turns out. It would make a good FAQ > > item... > > > > > > > >Jon Carnes > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > Joel Webb > > > WebbGroup Network Systems LLC > > > www.webbgroup.net > > > 336.841.7241 > > > > -- > Paul L. Schumacher > Winona State University > Computer Science Department > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
