Barry Finkel wrote:

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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: BSFinkel@anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994