On Oct 23, 2017, at 11:48, Aurelien Bompard <aurelien@bompard.org> wrote:
I wanted to rename a list (only the list_name, not the list_id) and I figured I would make the transition smoother by adding an "AcceptableAlias" with the old name. I did that and realized that the acceptable aliases are not added to the postfix_lmtp file, as a result emails sent to the old address are just bounced at the Postfix level. Is this the intended behavior ?
It is. The thinking is that whatever email addresses end up funneling to a list is really outside of Mailman’s control. That’s really part of your MTA’s configuration, and acceptable aliases are just a way of telling Mailman to expand its implicit address logic.
BTW, changing the list_name attribute is sufficient to rename a list, right? I didn't find anything else to change since everything seems to be keyed to the list_id but I thought I'd check with you.
Correct. List name is mutable but list-id is not, even if you move it to a different domain!
-Barry