Re: [Mailman-Users] Migration to a new server: recommendations for testing the new Mailman server before changing DNS records; also how to avoid lost/bounced messages during change-over?

2013-07-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 07/04/2013 11:58 AM, David wrote: > > Our sysadmin has the new Debian server set up, Mailman is installed and our > lists are copied over. This new server does not yet have our domain name or > IP address. We want to test the new setup before making those changes. > > I would appreciate some r

Re: [Mailman-Users] Confirmation logging

2013-07-04 Thread Kip Warner
On Thu, 2013-07-04 at 11:21 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Sorry I can't be of more help, but I think this is a political > problem, not a technical one. Hey Steve, Yes indeed. I'd say it's just pure lazyiness. This is what they said in response to your comments. Our Mailman is set

[Mailman-Users] Migration to a new server: recommendations for testing the new Mailman server before changing DNS records; also how to avoid lost/bounced messages during change-over?

2013-07-04 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
David writes: > If anyone has or can come up with an itemized, file-by-file, > checklist, There's not going to be anything like that. These things differ from OS to OS and from site to site. I can tell you that aside from standard Mailman code, docs, and website data, Debian's mailman package

[Mailman-Users] Migration to a new server: recommendations for testing the new Mailman server before changing DNS records; also how to avoid lost/bounced messages during change-over?

2013-07-04 Thread David
Hi. Well, Mailman and Linode have been very trouble-free for the last year (or more). It's been great! We are making some changes although we are sticking with Mailman and Linode. We are moving to a new physical server (and new OS -- Debian). Our hostname and domain name are not changing. (In fact,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Related question about limiting postings [was: Is there any throttle function in mailman?]

2013-07-04 Thread e.c.
Thanks, Mark. Apparently the option to provide for limiting postings is a hard problem. The Sympa people didn't know whether it could be accomplised with a scenario or not. I will start reading the mailman developers archive and submit a request for such features in mailman ver. 3. On Thu, Jun 27,