[okfn-help] Renaming mailing lists?

Tue May 31 14:48:26 UTC 2011

On 31 May 2011 15:33, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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.

Definitely not possible from web interface (need to do various command
line stuff)

Rufus