On 2005-08-10T11:29+0200 Brad Knowles wrote: > You should search the Mailman FAQ Wizard at > <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py> before posting questions > like this.
Somehow I missed this from http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ It should be made clearer. > > I have a bunch of emails from another system that I wish to import > >to mailman. > Not a problem. The answer is in the FAQ. Aha! http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq05.001.htp I wonder how I convert my messages which are individual files to a mbox? Just cat them? > > I don't think I have access to mailman directly as my hosting company > > set it up for me. So any tips of how I send these mails and maintain the > > date? > That's a problem. If you want to import archives from another > list, you have to have command-line access. In this case, you'd have > to ask your hosting company to do it for you. Oh no. > The issue here is that Mailman was never designed to be abused in > the way that hosting companies are now doing. It was intended to be > something that an organization sets up for itself, and where you've > got complete control over everything yourself. It was never intended > to be used in a hosting environment. People who abuse it in that way > need to provide a lot of support to their hosting customers, > otherwise you lose much of the functionality. Please! I think it is a bit harsh to call it "abuse". Ideally there should be a mail or Web interface for this feature. ------------------------------------------------------ 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
