[okfn-help] Renaming mailing lists?

Tue May 31 14:33:08 UTC 2011

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 31 May 2011 13:53, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Is it possible to rename mailing lists?
>>
>> If so can we plesae rename "Data-Driven-Journalism" list to "ddj"?
>>
>> So:
>>
>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/data-driven-journalism
>>
>> becomes:
>>
>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/ddj
>
> Why? For SEO etc data-driven-journalism seems better no?

To conform with Twitter hashtag (#ddj), and also for sake of brevity
(ddj at lists.okfn.org).

>> Has anyone done this before?
>
> Yes, google for mailman rename list or similar.

I found one post from 2001 which says it is a complete nightmare [1],
another from 2007 which seems to imply this is possible but a bit of a
hassle.

If it was something one could do via the web interface I would rename
it straight away. If its a big deal then no matter.

J.

[1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2001-August/013459.html
[2] http://chris-lamb.co.uk/2007/10/02/renaming-a-mailman-list/

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