On 2/23/21 9:40 PM, Morris Jones wrote:
I typo'd some full names in a mailing list. I want to correct them ...
I can't see a way to do that in the Member Options, so I thought I'd try "remove" and re-add, either from the command line or the UI.
But the name gets readded with the typo intact. :(
Is there a way to fix it without writing SQL?
You can do it with mailman shell. The basic issue is the display name is a property of the user or the user's address, which ever is subscribed to the list. When you add a previously unknown user to a list, Mailman creates these user and address records, but they belong to the user, not the list. There are some threads around this at <https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/AMCNP46A6ESUK655KAO2U2AF4XOEXM4R/>, <https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/EDXRRGM752TY67HHVYYJ577B5APL727G/> and a somewhat protracted one at <https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/HIZQY5CX5WIVGHT53PNJQSVNW66QKS4L/>.
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