If you have access to the shell (e.g. a VPS rather than shared hosting), you can use bin/config_list to create your lists outside of cPanel and avoid all of the "_hostname" business, which I believe is just cPanel's way to enforce unique listnames.
rac > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Green Gold Capital" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailman-users@python.org > > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:51:56 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Config question > Green Gold Capital wrote: > > > >I just installed mailman version 2.1.9.cp2. > > > Please see <http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Mailman+and+CPanel>. > > > >When I say "I installed", I mean that I used cpanel to do it at my web > host. > >I'm trying to change what I thought were some minor things, but I can't > seem > >to figure out how. For example, I want to change the public name of the > >list but it says "(make case-changes only)" in general options. Well, I > >want to do substantially more than make just case changes. > > > Then you have to create a new list that has the name you want. > > > >Right now it's > >coming out as "listname_hostname", > > > The _hostname part is cPanel. It is not in the list posting address, > but it is in the web interface. There's nothing you can do about it if > you use cPanel. > > > I want something more like "Company > >Name's special list". > > > That would not be a valid list name in any case. Keep in mind that the > list name is also the local part of its email address. > > It sounds like what you are really talking about is the list's > 'description' - "A terse phrase identifying this list." > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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
