Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:22:06 -0400 From: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Moving mail Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010428131739.02b7f7f0@mail.enterit.com> In-Reply-To: <20010428181818.A9059@everest.wananchi.com> References: <20010428114955.A89268@everest.wananchi.com> <20010428114955.A89268@everest.wananchi.com>
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If you are using the same sendmail config on both boxes simply backup the directory where your mail residence (or mailbox) is on the on source box and move those files to the mail residence (or mailbox) on the new box. There should be no problems. Linux may be: /var/spool/mail FreeBSD may be: /var/mail Back things up first but this should work just fine. - Jim At 06:18 PM 4/28/2001 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >* Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> [20010428 11:50]: writing on the >subject 'Moving mail' >Odhiambo> URGENT! Script gurus..... >Odhiambo> >Odhiambo> I am trying out this from a file and it is failing me! I feel >like crying >Odhiambo> but I am not a kid ;/ >Odhiambo> >Odhiambo> # >Odhiambo> cd /var/spool/mail >Odhiambo> for i in 'ls -1' ; do >Odhiambo> formail -s sendmail -t $i@wananchi.com < /var/spool/mail/$i >Odhiambo> done >Odhiambo> # >Odhiambo> >Odhiambo> It tells me ambiguous redirect!!!! Why???? > > >Sorry I am replying to my own mail again. A gentleman sorted out my >problem by pointing out that I should try `ls -1` which worked but I have >another issue. >I was to use this to re-inject the mails into sendmail to send out. I have >over 2000 users and they have enough mail. I actually tried this thing out >and sendmail hiccuped - too many files open. I am moving the users from a >Linux box running Sendmail as MTA to a FreeBSD box running Exim as MTA. >Is there a good way of handling this??? > >TIA > >-Wash > >-- >Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., >wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse >Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., >Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286, 00100-NAIROBI,KE. > >Newlan's Truism: > An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government >economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job. - Jim - NOTJames - jconner@enterit.com - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - | Today's errors, in contrast: | - | Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" | - | UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" | - | Humans - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (To view this properly use a non-proportional font in your MUA) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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