Mailing list scope proposal

[Dave Neary]

Hi,

On 09/10/2012 08:36 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
>> b. What does it take to change the name?
>
> Mailman can be a bit tricky that way, but as I understand it, you can:
>
> 1) Stop Mailman
> 2) Migrate all the subscribers from the old list to the new, and move
> archives (all in files on the filesystem)
> 3) Create an email alias forwarding email from the old list to the new
> (for backwards compatibility)
> 4) Restart Mailman and update various parameters, add the old address as
> an alias
>
> https://chris-lamb.co.uk/2007/10/02/renaming-a-mailman-list/ has a step
> by step guide.

Turns out it's unsurprisingly a Mailman FAQ:
* http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030617
* http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/faq.html (search for "rename")

Cheers,
Dave.

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