On Dec 7, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Melinda wrote: > >> I could use some pointers in my conversion from Listproc to Mailman.
> This question is so broad as to be almost beyond the scope of this > list. I'll just say a few things. > > List archives need to be exported as a flat file in *nix mbox format, > and this can be used to create a Mailman archive. LISTPROC can't deliver its archives in this format (AFAIK), so there will be munging involved. Personally, I would ask if someone using a mbox mail app to read the list (Pine, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc) has a complete archive of the list, and use their archive file as a basis for importing into mailman instead of trying to use the INDex and GET file commands in LISTPROC to access the old archives. If LISTPROC archive files are anything like LISTSERV notebook files, I posted a message a couple of months back to the list outlining how to convert them. I converted from LISTSERV (though I use LISTPROC for work as well) to Mailman this year, and the biggest problem is user subscription and list options though, not archives. I would suspect the same is true for LISTPROC. It would help to know a little more about Melinda's list -- its general settings, number of subscribers, and even if it has archives. It's pretty easy to translate the results of a REView command to a mailman list settings unless the list has some very strange settings. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py 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://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp