Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > 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.
Here's a checklist used here: ------------------ What are the steps to rename a mailing list foo to bar? (Original found at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1999-January/000308.html). 0. Stop Mailman! - (2.1 only) mailmanctl stop - disable the crontab lines (at least qrunner if still on Mailman 2.0), check if something's still running. - disable the web interface. 1. Get hands dirty: - cd /var/local/mailman (or wherever your installation is) - mv archives/private/foo.mbox archives/private/bar.mbox - mv archives/private/foo archives/private/bar - [ -h archives/public/foo.mbox ] && \ rm archives/public/foo.mbox \ ln -sf ../archives/private/bar.mbox archives/public - [ -h archives/public/foo ] && \ rm archives/public/foo \ ln -sf ../archives/private/bar archives/public - mv lists/foo lists/bar - change the real_name attribute, eg. 2.0: echo "real_name = 'bar'" > burek bin/config_list -i burek bar rm burek 2.1: like above, or use withlist. bin/withlist bar >>> m.real_name='bar' >>> m.Lock() >>> m.Save() >>> m.Unlock() >>> ^D - ls -la data/heldmsg-foo-* # look out for heldmsg-foo-otherlist-* for i in data/heldmsg-foo-* do mv $i `echo $i|sed s/foo/bar/` done - locks/foo.lock -> locks/bar.lock - fix aliases 2. restart Mailman qrunner: - restore crontab - /etc/init.d/mailman start - enable the web interface 3. Test: - check admin GUI (try changing case in real_name), archives, sending mail to list, and headers of received mail for unexpected behaviour. - TODO: (2.0 only) data/pending_subscriptions.db ------------------ There must be a reason why the archives ought to be recreated, but I can't seem to remember it now. I don't do that because we have lots of mails without the Date header in the archives, and the they all get the current date on archive recreation. Regards, Zoran ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
