[Mailman-Users] How to change list name

Mark Sapiro msapiro at value.net
Fri Sep 2 03:14:16 CEST 2005


Jess Mooers wrote:

>John Fleming <john at wa9als.com> wrote on Thursday, September 1, 2005:
>
>>My understanding is that you cannot easily change the name of a list other 
>>than case changes.  If this is not correct, please tell me how or direct me 
>>to the proper resource.  I've googled and search the FAQ.
>>
>>Thanks - John
>
>
>I did change a list name via a command line interface, just changing the folder names.  I use Postfix, and found that I also had change any mail aliases from the old name to the new name.  
>
>If you are comfortable doing this than you should be fine.

The post at
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-August/046316.html
gives more detail on how you might actually do this including
archives, but it does neglect to mention the aliases.

--
Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan




More information about the Mailman-Users mailing list