[Mailman-Users] Problems after server migration

Barry S. Finkel bsfinkel at att.net
Tue Jul 16 17:10:04 CEST 2013


On 7/15/2013 9:49 AM, alv at alv.cl wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just migrated my mailman installation from an old fedora server to a
> new centos server.
>
> I followed the instructions described here:
>
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2007-January/055208.html
>
> The URLs remained the same, but the IP changed.
>
> If I try to start the mailman service, it says:
>
> # service mailman start
> Starting mailman: Site list is missing: mailman
>
> If I run list_lists, it shows all the lists I migrated (including mailman).
>
> I used mailmanctl instead and it worked:
>
> # ./mailmanctl start
> Starting Mailman's master qrunner.
>
> But none of the old lists are recognized. Sending a mail to any of them
> results in a bounced message:
>
> Command died with status 1: "/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman
>     post some-list". Command output: post script, list not found: some-list
>
> Web interface doesn't recognize old lists either.
>
> I created a new list and it worked like a charm.
>
> I tried fixing perms with check_perms, but nothing.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
> -alv-
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Does Postfix know where your Mailman alias file is?
Does that alias file contain aliases for all of your lists?
Have you run the newaliases command?
--Barry Finkel


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