Craig Parsons  wrote: 
 >I am the admin for a Netscape Collabra Server 3.52 and have had a request to 
 >rename a news group.  When I go into the properties for that news group I 
 >can change the "Display Name" , "Description", and all the other parameters 
 >but I am not able to change the "Name".  The "Name" field is not displayed 
 >in a text box.  Is it possible to rename a news group? 
  
 That depends on the newsgroup.  If it's a private newsgroup (e.g. 
 internal to your workplace) then you ought to be able to change 
 the group name if you are the admin of the news server, and if 
 you do it to the news server's group listing (i.e. if you change 
 the name, it is changed for all users).  I'm not sure how in 
 your case.  Typically, it's done by telling the server to remove 
 the original group and create a new group with the new name. 
 Oh, maybe that's the problem.  Newsgroup renamings are usually 
 (always?) a "remove" followed by a "create" ("newgroup" actually), 
 so maybe that's what you actually need to do. 
  
 If it's one of the external newsgroups, say the Big-8, you can 
 change the name only internally, but if you do you won't see 
 any subsequent messages from external source intended for the 
 group (because messages are filed by group name and you would have 
 effectively deleted the original group).  Otherwise, you cannot 
 change external groups' names.  Big-8 groups cannot be renamed 
 right now; that's Big-8 policy. 
  
 ru 
  
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