Mark, many thanks for your detailed explanation! After Stephen's hint to use check_perms, I performed the migration on a second list, and it went through fine. :-)
Kind regards, Sascha. 2014-08-09 2:56 GMT+02:00 Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net>: > On 08/06/2014 01:39 PM, Sascha Rissel wrote: > > Thanks, in fact I didn't think of that! > > > > Meanwhile I created the list on the target server anew, using "newlist" > > command. > > Afterwards I exported members and config from the old server and imported > > it into the new server's list: > >> list_members -o regular.lst -r <list name> > >> list_members -o digest.lst -d <list name> > >> config_list -o config.cfg <list name> > > > >> add_members -r regular.lst <list name> > >> add_members -d digest.lst <list name> > >> config_list -i config.cfg <list name> > > > This works, but you lose any non-default member options and member > passwords. It is easier and more complete to just move the > lists/list_name/config.pck from the old server to the new. > > > > Lastly I imported the archive via > >> /var/lib/mailman/bin/arch <list name> > > > This is good. > > > > Am I right, that this is also a proper way to migrate a list? > > > It works subject to the losses mentioned above. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/mailman%40rissel.it > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org