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[Dan Coutu]

Ken wrote:

>Hi to all,
>	I hope this has not been a recently discussed issue....
>I am running RH6.2 with Postfix, Apache and Mailman. I currently have over
>500 email accounts. I have built up new box (more horsepower, ram, drive
>space, etc) and do not wish to enter these users manually. Please point me
>to a solution if one exists.
>Thanks in advance,
>Ken
>  
>
One of the things that I really like about UNIX based systems is that 
once data is in the system somehow
you pretty much never need to re-enter it. Just transform it or move it.

You should be able to copy most of your existing setup's key files from 
one system to another and get
the new one up and running just like the old. If you already have 
Postfix, Apache, and Mailman
installed on the new system try copying the config files from the old 
system to the new. Likewise you
can use tar to migrate entire directories such as user's home 
directories and the mail spool directories.
You probably want to copy /var/spool/mail (incoming mail) and 
/var/spool/mqueue (outgoing mail)
also. Just be sure to turn off sendmail on both systems before doing the 
transfer and enable sendmail
only on the new system once you're done.

There are probably other details to tend to but hopefully this will 
cover things that other people miss.

Dan