[Mailman-Users] Renaming or Deleting a List

[Mark Sapiro]

David Andrews wrote:
>
>Is it possible to rename a list -- a major rename that is, not just 
>case change that is mentioned in web interface?


If you have command line access to the server and sufficient
permission, all you need do is rename the list specific directories
and maybe one file and one or two symlinks. You need to change the
listname in

lists/listname/

and if there are archives

archives/private/listname/
archives/private/listname.mbox/
archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox

and if the archive is public, the following one or two symlinks

archives/public/listname
archives/public/listname.mbox

Then as mentioned in the posts Patrick pointed at, change the lists
real_name attribute via the web interface.

It also is better if you rebuild the archives from the
archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox file with the bin/arch
command line tool if there are links to scrubbed attachments in the
archived messages.

>If not, how do you delete a list -- and save or transfer its members?

bin/rmlist
bin/config_list
bin/list_members

or see
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.026.htp>
and
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.062.htp>

Also, if

OWNERS_CAN_DELETE_THEIR_OWN_LISTS = Yes

in mm_cfg.py, there is a link on the admin pages to delete the list,
but this doesn't save or backup anything.

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