Bruce Young wrote:
>
> >> No, not for the heck of it... the Unix server it's on now is not directly
> >> controlled by me (our Faculty) and is being decommisioned by the current
> >> owners. We have NT servers now in own control. The OS wasn't my choice, but
> >> as it is what we have... I need a plan to move.
> >
> >Then I'd advise dumping NT, installing Linux (which will almost certainly
> >run on the same hardware), and using majordomo/majorcool or maybe MailMan.
>
> Please.. I know there are some hardliners out there that say "use Linux" as
> a response to almost every problem put up on this list and I'm not even
> arguing with that... my problem has nothing to do with OS's at all.
>
> Even if I was going from Majordomo to Majordomo I still have the problem of
> changing list addresses. It is quite impossible to keep using the old
> server or even it's name. We must move them now and the target OS is not
> the issue. I was just after experiences and strategies to give the minimum
> disruption and confusion to the list members.
>
> So I take it then from the flood of suggestions that no one on this list
> has ever moved an active email list from one address to another?
>
I have been on a couple of lists that have moved from server to server
and changed list software. According to my recollection, if you start
with the address list, at least the user base can be moved and loaded
into the new server. The entire switch lasted for about 2 weeks while
while users had the opportunity to update client side address books.
During that time, everyone used the new server to post new items.
Eventually, old threads died and the new server assumed the primary
role.
Another point that helped was the old server was a Unix system running
sendmail. Sendmail was configured to grad those addresses and forward
them to the new server.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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