Barry Finkel wrote: >>I need to rename two Mailman 2.1.9 lists. The FAQ 4.70 gives >>explicit instructions, but it does not mention changing the >> >> /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases (location on my Unbutu system) >> >>file to reflect the new name and then running the newaliases command. >>Should this be added to the FAQ?
And Mark Sapiro replied: >The FAQ currently says: > > Finally, if your MTA uses aliases for mailman lists rather than > some process that automatically understands list names from the > contents of the lists/ directory, you will have to update your > aliases. If you do this manually, edit your aliases to change > 'oldlist' to 'newlist' (a total of 2 changes per alias for 10 > aliases), and then run 'newaliases' or whatever command rebuilds > your alias database. It you have Postfix/Mailman integration, > just run bin/genaliases. > >If you think this is somehow inadequate or not prominent enough, it's a >wiki. Feel free to edit it. I do not know how I missed that piece. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 222, Room D209 Internet: [email protected] Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
