Topic: Yahoogroups

Transferring a Yahoogroup to Mailman or Smartgroups

If you're moving a list from Yahoogroups to Mailman, here's a nifty Perl script that will retrieve the group message archives and save them in the Mailman mbox format which can then be uploaded to Mailman.

Yahoo2mBox

You'll need to be familiar with scripts and/or Perl to get it working. For lists with archives set to members only, you will need to edit the scripts and enter your username and password and you should probably have some familiarity with working with scripts in general.

And if you're transferring a list from Yahoogroups to Smartgroups, here's a possibly helpful list at Smartgroups:

Y2SG

Be sure to read the Readme file, the group doesn't look to have been too active in 2003 (two messages) so I'm not sure if there's any help or support for this program.

Last updated on January 3, 2004 03:17 PM
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