UPGRADE_BULK_SPOOL(1)

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version 6.2.70 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu noble

💖 UPGRADE_BULK_SPOOL(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for upgrade_bulk_spool / upgrade_bulk_spool.pl — yes it lives in the sympa section 1 of the manual, and it's literally all about migrating messages in bulk tables. iconic little chore-doer energy. 🧚✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

upgrade_bulk_spool.pl [ --dry_run ]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. no cap. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the lore, bestie. back in the day — like, on Sympa earlier than 6.2 — messages for bulk sending were stored into the bulk spool based on database tables. very 2010s of them, honestly. 🙈

but the recent release of Sympa? she changed the game. outbound messages now go into the spool based on the filesystem, or they just get sent by the Mailer directly. main character behavior, fr fr. 👑

so what does this program do? it migrates messages with old format into the appropriate spool. it's giving glow-up. it's giving character development arc. it's giving "your old messages are coming with us, periodt." 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --dry_run — the little sneak peek 👀. shows you what will be done, but won't really perform the upgrade process. like a dress rehearsal but nobody's actually walking down the aisle. use it first, bestie, always. 🎀

💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

this program exits with status 0 if processing succeeded. otherwise? exits with non-zero status. so if you see a non-zero, something said "not today" and you should go read your logs. 😭

🌈 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 🌈

here's the part where it goes shopping for settings. the following site configuration parameters in /etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf — or robot configuration parameters in robot.conf — are referred. 👇

  • db_type, db_name etc.
  • queuebulk
  • sympa_packet_priority
  • umask

note the "etc." on the db line, bestie — the original said it, so I'm saying it. iykyk. 💅

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go read these too, they're all in the family:

👑 HISTORY 👑

upgrade_bulk_spool.pl appeared on Sympa 6.2. a legend was born. ⭐

heads up bestie: the --dry_run option is your friend — it shows what will be done but won't really perform the upgrade process. run it before you commit, no cap. 🍓

and that's a wrap on the upgrade_bulk_spool page, bestie!! 🎀✨ this was sympa version 6.2.70, dated 2026-07-13 — love that for us. go migrate those messages, you absolute icon. 💖🦋🌸🧚👑💅

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