On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:48:07 +0000, Matthew Black <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Is it possible to simply copy the four list files from the ~LISTSERV/MAIN directory from one server to another and then simply bounce it? > >Example: >AA-WEBMASTER.LIST >AA-WEBMASTER.MAILTPL >AA-WEBMASTER.OLDLIST >AA-WEBMASTER.WWWTPL Yes, sort of. I would not copy AA-WEBMASTER.OLDLIST. Just save the list on the new server after the move and it will create a new *.OLDLIST file. If you keep message archives (Notebook= Yes,...) the directory path may be different on the new server so it must be edited. The *.LIST files are binary format and platform/OS agnostic. The *.*TPL (and other files like *.CHANGELOG, message archives, etc.) are plain-text format. Windows 32-bit to 64-bit is not a problem. Windows to Linux (or Linux to Windows) is a minor problem because of the different end-of-line convention (Windows= CRLF, Linux= LF) but there are conversion utilities. And, if you are moving Windows to Linux, you need to change all the filenames to lower case. So it is not quite so simple as you may have hoped. There are 'gotchas' out to get you... LISTSERV Migration to new server http://www.lsoft.com/resources/whitepaper-download.asp?id=204 LISTSERV Migration to new server (Cross Platform and whenever above is N/A) ftp://dropbox.lsoft.us/download/docs/FastMigration.zip LISTSERV Bulk Editing List Header changes ftp://dropbox.lsoft.us/download/docs/LIST-TEXT.zip Item #2 and #3 are undergoing revision to make them more applicable for cross platform migrations (Win2Linux or Linux2Win) but they are still useful as-is. ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1