[Mailman-Developers] Renaming a list

[Barry Warsaw]

On Oct 23, 2017, at 11:48, Aurelien Bompard <aurelien at bompard.org> wrote:
> 
> I wanted to rename a list (only the list_name, not the list_id) and I
> figured I would make the transition smoother by adding an "AcceptableAlias"
> with the old name. I did that and realized that the acceptable aliases are
> not added to the postfix_lmtp file, as a result emails sent to the old
> address are just bounced at the Postfix level.
> Is this the intended behavior ?

It is.  The thinking is that whatever email addresses end up funneling to a list is really outside of Mailman’s control.  That’s really part of your MTA’s configuration, and acceptable aliases are just a way of telling Mailman to expand its implicit address logic.

> BTW, changing the list_name attribute is sufficient to rename a list,
> right? I didn't find anything else to change since everything seems to be
> keyed to the list_id but I thought I'd check with you.

Correct.  List name is mutable but list-id is not, even if you move it to a different domain!

-Barry

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