Re: Problems after moving to a new server

On Tue, August 29, 2006 3:07 pm, o omida parasita wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was using majordomo on my old server(I don't remember
> perl/OS/MTA/majordomo versions). DirectAdmin CP was running on it(it
> has a builtin majordomo which you can enable for specific domains). My
> old server died. I moved to a new one and restored everything from the
> DirectAdmin backups(including majordomo).
>
> I have:
> Fedora Core 5
> Perl 5.8.8-5
> exim 4.61
> majordomo 1.94.5
>
> The problem I am facing is:
> When an email is sent it seems to be going to only a portion of the
> addresses on the list.
> I am subscribed to the list but I do not get that email, so do other
> subscribers.
>
> My question is:
> What could be the problem?
> How are the subscribers stored in majordomo(how does majordomo know to
> whom it must send emails?)?
> How can I debug this without sending test emails(I have 1000+
> subscribers and if all of them will get test emails that will be a bad
> thing)?

First, I don't know... yet.

Second, MJ 1.94.5 stores members in text files, one member per line, in
~/lists where ~ = MJ's home directory.

Third, Create a list and send email to it and see what happens by watching
/var/log/maillog (use tail -f /var/log/maillog).

HTH,

Karl

>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks
>


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