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| + | ====== Mailman ====== | ||
| + | ===== trouble after move ===== | ||
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| + | * mailman web interface works | ||
| + | * mailman aliases were uncommented and newaliases was run - (and postfix restarted) | ||
| + | * mailman does not accept posts to lists | ||
| + | * don't know why not | ||
| + | * sample log message: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | Jun 8 01:18:11 localhost postfix/ | ||
| + | RCPT from cod.sandelman.ca[[: | ||
| + | Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table; | ||
| + | from=< | ||
| + | helo=< | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | * the sysadmin list seems to have disappeared out of / | ||
| + | * I put it back - maybe it was added to old tux after we copied the / | ||
| + | * let's see if sysadmin starts working | ||
| + | * also fixed / | ||
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| + | ===== Big picture ===== | ||
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| + | * mailman handles email and can be controlled by web | ||
| + | * has web interface for configuring | ||
| + | * some config info and the message data is in / | ||
| + | * stores messages in it's own queues until it hands them off to the MTA | ||
| + | * has a daemon that processes the mailman queues: mailmanctl | ||
| + | * / | ||
| + | * more config in / | ||
| + | * and in / | ||
| + | * / | ||
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| + | ===== problem ===== | ||
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| + | * new tux shows "no public lists" after / | ||
| + | * maybe because hostname is not " | ||
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| + | ===== migrating mailman ===== | ||
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| + | * stop mailman from processing queues: | ||
| + | * / | ||
| + | * copy mailman info from old tux to new tux with tar | ||
| + | * / | ||
| + | * start mailman again: | ||
| + | * / | ||
| + | * do pickle files need special handling, like binary database files? | ||
| + | * No. They are plain-text serializations of python objects. | ||
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| + | ===== pipermail references to fix some day ===== | ||
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| + | * in / | ||
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| + | ===== things to verify periodically, | ||
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| + | * check logs which go to $prefix/ | ||
| + | * probably should clean out / | ||
| + | * it's full of stale pickles | ||
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| + | ===== Great guide to migrating mailman ===== | ||
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| + | * http:// | ||
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