[Pkg-exim4-users] server upgrade/migration

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 08:31:52AM -0500, Chuck Peters wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2008 6:37 AM, Marc Haber <mh+pkg-exim4-users at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 05:00:53AM -0500, Chuck Peters wrote:
> > > Someone on the exim users lists just asked about this sort of thing
> > > and I am wondering if it is ok to just copy /var/spool/exim4.
> >
> > What is not OK with Graeme's - correct - answer?
> 
> I did not mean to infer he was incorrect or it was "not OK."  I
> thought that since the OS. exim versions and configurations would be
> the same, the db format would also be the same and thusly perhaps just
> copying the spool would work fine and that would be easier than
> figuring out how to configure exim for this transition.

The spool is internal to exim, an undocumented internal interface. Who
touches it is asking for trouble. Keep out unless you know exactly
what you're doing.

> As an FYI for others who might read this - the original poster on
> exim-users said he setup a smarthost to the new server.  That
> certainly sounds a lot easier than what I thought others were
> suggesting.

Weren't others suggesting the same?

Greetings
Marc

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