Thus spake Mark Sapiro on Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:25:58PM CST > Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > >I run a small hosting service with a number of mailman lists. I need to > >move all the lists to a new server - list config, subscribers, subscriber > >options, archives, the whole ball of wax for each list. > > > >What's be best way to do this? > > This has been discussed many times on this list.
Yep! So I see. I'm sure it's a common problem. > See for example the > entire thread at > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-October/047233.html> > which involves an upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1 as well. If I'd dug a little deeper I would probably have found the docs you reference. Thanks so much to both of you!!! > Basically you're on the right track - move config.pck files and the > archives/ directory. If any domain/host names are changing see FAQ > 4.29, and as Brad suggests, there's other info in the FAQ too. I'll check it out, but all should be well. I'm just re-vectoring DNS for each list and its associated website from the old server to the new. Again, many thanks for your quick responses! The references you cite have everything I need to do the job. Mailman versions are the same, so there's no file format conversion involved. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Fighting against human | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | creativity is like | available at 512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate | <http://pubkeys.fmp.com> http://www.fmp.com | dandelions" | | (Pamela Jones) | ------------------------------------------------------ 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
