2010 9:56 AM
To: Ulf Dunkel
Cc: mailman-users@python.org
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Backing Up the List of Members
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:58:35AM +0100, Ulf Dunkel wrote:
> Hi Alan.
>
> >Is there a command to exhibit all members on one page? or, better
> >yet, is th
Ulf Dunkel wrote:
>
>By the way: If you're on a Mac, I'd recommend Simon to auto-send emails
>every now and then. A great monitoring app from Dejal Systems.
>
>http://www.dsd.net/prod/mac/simon.php?lan=en
I'm guessing the above was prompted by the delay in Alan's followup
reaching the list. This
Hi Alan.
I just tried this. It works great! I thank Herr Dunkel as
well as the other kind and knowledgeable responders who have
weighed in. What a great List!
Oh, not that seriously, just call me Ulf, please. :-)
By the way: If you're on a Mac, I'd recommend Simon t
Hi Andrew.
I guess I would do a simple admin request email for the lists every now
and then, [...]
The issue I have with the roster email is that it doesn't tell you whether the
user is on nomail or digest. We had an issue last week where one of my users
moved a lists from Freelists to Mail
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:58:35AM +0100, Ulf Dunkel wrote:
> Hi Alan.
>
> >Is there a command to exhibit all members on one page? or, better
> >yet, is there a command an administrator can invoke to have the
> >members, if possible with their flags, shipped to my home computer?
>
> I guess I wo
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:44:22 -, Andrew Hodgson
wrote:
The issue I have with the roster email is that it doesn't tell you
whether the user is on nomail or digest.
That's only half true!
The email response gives two lists - for message and digest subscribers -
but does not flag nomail
Ulf Dunkel wrote:
>Hi Alan.
>> Is there a command to exhibit all members on one page? or, better
>> yet, is there a command an administrator can invoke to have the
>> members, if possible with their flags, shipped to my home computer?
>I guess I would do a simple admin request email for the lis
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:58:35 -, Ulf Dunkel wrote:
I guess I would do a simple admin request email for the lists
Thanks for the timely reminder ;-)
Even with my 'majordomo with only an email interface' history I do rather
tend to forget that Mailman has an email interface.
Malcolm.
-
Hi Alan.
Is there a command to exhibit all members on one page? or, better
yet, is there a command an administrator can invoke to have the
members, if possible with their flags, shipped to my home computer?
I guess I would do a simple admin request email for the lists every now
and then, som
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:21:27 -, Mailman Admin
wrote:
On 11/15/2010 07:08 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
I am now having the problem: I wish to back up the list of
members of a couple of my lists to my home machine. I used to
get all the members on one page. Now the members are alphabetized
Hi
On 11/15/2010 07:08 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
>
> I am now having the problem: I wish to back up the list of
> members of a couple of my lists to my home machine. I used to
> get all the members on one page. Now the members are alphabetized
> and each initial letter is put on a diffent page.
2010/11/15 Alan McConnell :
> Assembled Wisdom!
>
> I am big fan of mailman and admin three E-lists managed by
> mailman. These lists are hosted on remote computers.
>
> I am now having the problem: I wish to back up the list of
> members of a couple of my lists to my home machine. I used to
> ge
Assembled Wisdom!
I am big fan of mailman and admin three E-lists managed by
mailman. These lists are hosted on remote computers.
I am now having the problem: I wish to back up the list of
members of a couple of my lists to my home machine. I used to
get all the members on one page. Now the me
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Ok, I really appreciate the effort, but I don't know what a cronjob is. Can
>you explain what steps I need to take on a PC to get to this point:
>http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.018.htp
>
>I apologize, but I am TRULY just learning about this
Ok, I really appreciate the effort, but I don't know what a cronjob is. Can you
explain what steps I need to take on a PC to get to this point:
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.018.htp
I apologize, but I am TRULY just learning about this. A total novice.
~Daniel
On
Is there an easy way to get all of your e-mail addresses out of Mailman version
2.1.6? Maybe a backup or export function? I know this sounds SO novice, but
that's what I am, and the FAQ said nothing about it.
Daniel/The Fold
www.thefoldmusic.com
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Hujjah 313 wrote:
>
>Is there a feature on mailman whereby we can backup our mailing list on hard
>disk?
>
>Its quite necessary to have a hard copy of your list when dealing with
>10,000+ emails where people constantly want to subscribe and unsubscribe.
I'm not sure I understand what you want.
In a flurry of recycled electrons, Hujjah 313 wrote:
> Is there a feature on mailman whereby we can backup our mailing list on hard
> disk?
Well, they're already on the server's hard disks. If you want to back up the
lists, all you need to do is copy them, they're in the mailman/lists dir.
Given
Dear all,
Is there a feature on mailman whereby we can backup our mailing list on hard
disk?
Its quite necessary to have a hard copy of your list when dealing with
10,000+ emails where people constantly want to subscribe and unsubscribe.
Thank you for any replies.
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:33:40AM -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Matthew Newton wrote:
> >In my system scripts, before I remove a list, I would like to backup the
> >list including all settings and the mail archives.
>
> Yes, This would back up everything you would need to restore the list
> and its
Matthew Newton wrote:
>
>In my system scripts, before I remove a list, I would like to backup the
>list including all settings and the mail archives.
>
>The machine is backed up every night, so this is "just in-case".
>
>Would the following be the right sort of thing? (To restore I guess I
>would c
Hi,
In my system scripts, before I remove a list, I would like to backup the
list including all settings and the mail archives.
The machine is backed up every night, so this is "just in-case".
Would the following be the right sort of thing? (To restore I guess I
would create a list with the same
At 7:25 AM -0400 2005-04-06, L.S.P. Prabhu wrote:
I mean the list of e-mail addresses. I have tried to look it up on the FAQ,
but there doesn't appear to be a web-based feature to back up the addresses.
To get a complete list of all addresses via the web, in a single
file you can download? No,
At 6:36 AM -0400 2005-04-06, Jason wrote:
Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the body of the email put
who listpassword
Keep in mind that this won't show you anyone who has chosen to
make themselves "hidden". You'll only see those people from the web
admin interface.
This also assumes t
At 5:49 AM -0400 2005-04-06, L.S.P. Prabhu wrote:
Is there a way to download/export the list of e-mails from an
individual mailing list? I am using the standard web admin interface
provided by my web hosting company, and cannot see such an option.
The list of e-mails? What do you mean? The li
Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the body of the email put
who listpassword
Mailman will email you back a list of all the subscribed emails.
- Original Message -
From: "L.S.P. Prabhu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:49 AM
Subject: [
Is there a way to download/export the list of e-mails from an individual
mailing list? I am using the standard web admin interface provided by my
web hosting company, and cannot see such an option.
Thank you,
Leighton Prabhu
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Mailman-Users mai
On Dec 29, 2004, at 23:32, Greg Hays [webforcedesign.com] wrote:
I've been told I can back up my list addresses by running a cronjob.
What
command do I put in and that will run a mailman backup? It only gives
me one
line.
If you are only interested in backing up the lists of subscribers, you
can
Hello all,
I've been told I can back up my list addresses by running a cronjob. What
command do I put in and that will run a mailman backup? It only gives me one
line.
Thanks for your help?
Greg Hays
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Hello,
I am trying to write a script that will email me my mailman user
lists. I have no problem getting the list email addresses and real
names (using bin/list_members) to include in an email. However, I
cannot figure out how to include the user options. In the Mailman
FAQ, FAQ 4.9. says:
"Th
On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 21:30, aryross wrote:
> Hello
> In the mailman program, how do I back up my data?
> Is there a list of subscribers?
RTFM
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp
-j
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Hello
In the mailman program, how do I back up my data?
Is there a list of subscribers?
Thank you.
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Anyone have any pointers?The script I tried did not work. I backed up
the following directories/files:
#cron jobs
cp -Rf --preserve /etc/cron.d/mailman $temp/cron
cp -Rf --preserve /etc/cron.d/groupware-notification $temp/cron
# Mailman Files
cp -Rf --preserve /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Defaul
I need to make a couple of edit changes in config.db for a list:
I can use dumpdb to create an ASCII version of the configuration, but I
don't remember how to convert the ASCII version back to config.db. I've
actually done this once 6 or 7 months ago, but I was unable to find this
in the FAQ or arc
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:45:39 -0800
Joseph Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all, I am by nature the proverbial turd in the punch bowl and
> try and find holes with ideas. I asked a question to someone about a
> list backup in case of server down time.
Please see the FAQ:
http://www.py
Hello all,
I am by nature the proverbial turd in the punch bowl and try and find holes
with ideas. I asked a question to someone about a list backup in case of
server down time.
Is there a file that the email list is kept in that I can keep a local copy
of just in case of server failure?
pre
If your Hosting company will not do back-ups for you, then you can
always use the Web-Admin tool and save the source pages. If you use a
Linux workstation (or cygwin on a Windows box) then you can easily
automate this task using Links.
Good Luck - Jon Carnes
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:26, John Hug
I rent space on a commercial Web site that uses cpanel for site management.
Mailman comes installed and ready to use.
Question: In an arrangement like this, where I do not have direct access to
installation and related files, how do I back up my mailing list addresses and
archive?
The mailman F
On Jan 16, 2003 at 13:02, ian webster wrote:
>I would like to know if I can back up a list that I have in mailman to a
>spreadsheet or database.
How about running bin/list_members, and doing whatever you want with
the resulting list of email addresses?
No-sleep-and-not-familiar-with-Sun-keyboar
I would like to know if I can back up a list that I have in mailman to a
spreadsheet or database.
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> Out of the current ~500 or so lists, I have around 6 that have
> pending administrative requests. I can get info out of a dump of
> request.db, but I'm not sure what it means, and what will break if I
> don't treat them differently from the ones without pending requests.
> Where is the info me
I finally have a solution to my fried config.db problem. While I could
copy the config.dbs & relevant files to another machine & make it work,
I copying them to a new install on the same machine didn't buy me
anything.
So the solution is basically: foreach list in old install, make a new
lis
Sorry for this double intrusion, but I must apologize for the first
unintentional one. I had intended to cancel that composition instead of
sending it--sorry for filling your mailboxes with messages empty of
content.
-Dale Newfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, J C Lawrence wrote:
> [S]o I mail them. No trust models required other than the fact that
> I'm implicitly exposing the tarballs en-route to interception, and
> thus the password/membership base as well. Well, that would be a
> problem except that the root account on that bo
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:08:47 -0600
Thomas T Veldhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My only problem with this is that it still leaves config.db for
> each list in a binary format.
Yup, this is for backups, not inter-system portability.
> So, I can not simply place it on a Linux platform and m
> "GW" == Greg Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GW> Mailman ".db" files, despite the name, are *not* Berkeley DB
GW> files. They are Python marshall files. (In Mailman 2.1, they
GW> will be called ".pck" and become Python pickle files.)
GW> In any event, I'm pretty sure th
On 29 November 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse said:
> If that is the case, then are these files portable between Python
> implementations and versions?
Yes, with the proviso that the format for Python bytecode (which is also
stored in marshal files -- you see them as .pyc files) usually changes
with e
Feel free to create such a script. It should be fairly easy - if tedious
to do:
../bin/config_list will easily dump out the entire list configuration in
text format, and it will also easily dump it right back into a list...
../bin/list_members will let you dump out the user lists into groups
> Mailman ".db" files, despite the name, are *not* Berkeley DB files.
> They are Python marshall files. (In Mailman 2.1, they will be called
> ".pck" and become Python pickle files.)
>
> In any event, I'm pretty sure they are platform independent.
If that is the case, then are these files porta
On 29 November 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse said:
> My only problem with this is that it still leaves config.db for each list in
> a binary format. So, I can not simply place it on a Linux platform and move
> the list from a FreeBSD platform which was running a different version of
> Python and a di
n such a script.
Thanks in advance,
Tom Veldhouse
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From: "J C Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:34 PM
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Backing u
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 02:09:17 -0500
Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cool scripts.
Hacks really.
> I used to do something similar, and then I moved over to using
> "ncftp" to drop the tarball off on my backup-server. A matter of
> preference, but I like that better than mailing myself
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:34 AM
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Backing up Mailman list installations
>
> <>
>
> A moderately frequent request on these lists has been, "How can I
> ba
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A moderately frequent request on these lists has been, "How can I
back up my Mailman lists/membership/etc?" I happened to be in the
area today touching up the scripts I use. Please feel free to adapt
freely.
Note: You'll need to have a reasonably recent version of nmh
installed as the scri
Greg Ward wrote:
>
> On 26 October 2001, Jeffrey M. Kenton said:
> > 1. Is there a way to backup the list information, including addresses
> > and list configurations?
> >
> > 2. Is there a way to restore the configuration (list members, list
> > setups etc.)?
> >
> > If it is as easy as tar'in
On 26 October 2001, Jeffrey M. Kenton said:
> 1. Is there a way to backup the list information, including addresses
> and list configurations?
>
> 2. Is there a way to restore the configuration (list members, list
> setups etc.)?
>
> If it is as easy as tar'ing the /home/mailman directory and
Hey everyone.
I have Mailman 2.0.6 running, and things are going well with it. The
server that I originally put Mailman on is underpowered to do the
other things it is also doing, so I want to move mailman to another
server. Now, to prevent having to reinvent the wheel for the 30+
lists I now
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