[Mailman-Users] Renaming lists - how to change the list "real_name" afterwards

[Mark Sapiro]

Aidan C A Hopkins at Wemail wrote:
> 
> Strange - I still get exactly the same error! The new list name I am 
> using is exactly as included in the URI; I have tried all lowercase or 
> even with the first letter uppercase - doesn't help.
> 
> The admin screen still shows the old name in the title line, twice right 
> at the bottom, in the overview page, the name of the archives and so on. 
> The URI of all these is showing the new name.
> 
> Could it be a permission problem on some file which is effectively hidden 
> unless one knows where to look?!


I don't think so. It is a simple check of the entry for real_name 
against the list's internal name.

You can try the following in the Mailman directory:

$ bin/withlist -l newname
Loading list newname (locked)
The variable `m' is the newname MailList instance
 >>> m.real_name
'OldName'
 >>> m.real_name = 'NewName'
 >>> m.Save()
 >>>
Unlocking (but not saving) list: newname
Finalizing
$

You type the withlist command, and within withlist, you type the 
responses to the >>> prompts. On the >>> last line, your entry is 
control-D (end of file)

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