[Mailman-Users] Possible to import mailing lists?

[Mark Sapiro]

Ryan Steele wrote:

>When I simply copied 
>the files from the lists directory on the production box to the lists 
>directory on the test box, Mailman seemed to have a notion of the list 
>(I couldn't create one with the same name), but when I listed all 
>mailing lists from the admin interface, it did not show up in that list. 


That's because the test box has a different domain name and
VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW is it's default Yes value. You can see the list
either by running

bin/withlist -l -r fix_url <listname>

on the test box or by putting

VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = Off

in mm_cfg.py.

See
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.062.htp>.

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