> > Mustafa Akgul wrote: > > > >I will move a few lists to mailman, from ecartis. > >I want to retain message numbers, and continue current > >sequence. So I need to start message number from a > >non-zero number. > > > >How can I do that ? > > > >I am new to mailman. I can undump, config.pck, I can chnage > >post-id. I do not know, how to put that fiile in pck format. > > > >Secondly, I manage to change post-id, will it break anything > >else ? > > > You can change post_id (not post-id). It won't break anything. > > Two ways to set post_id are bin/withlist and bin/config_list. With > either method, you need to set post_id to a floating point value. > E.g., if you want to set it to 237, you need to set it to 237.0. This > can be done by putting the single line > > mlist.post_id = 237.0 > > in a file and running > > bin/config_list -i /path/to/file listname >
I have tried this method. It worked fine. Many thanks Mustafa Akgul > You can also set post_id in an interactive withlist session. E.g., for > a list named test > > $ bin/withlist -l test > Loading list test (locked) > The variable `m' is the test MailList instance > >>> m.post_id > 0.0 > >>> m.post_id = 237.0 > >>> m.post_id > 237.0 > >>> m.Save() > >>> > Unlocking (but not saving) list: test > Finalizing > $ > > The last input following the m.Save() input is a control-D (end of > file). > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9