[Mailman-Users] importing archive

[LuKreme]

On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 12:09 PM, John Meissen wrote:
> stefan.guerra at metaonline.it said:
>> How do I import an archive into a new mailing list?
>
> I had the same question when I set my list(s) up, and I saw it often
> enough in the archives (usually unanswered) that I'm surprised it's not
> in the FAQ.
>
> If your archive is in mbox format copy it to
>    archives/private/<list>.mbox/<list>.mbox  (where <list> is your list 
> name)
> then run
>     bin/arch <list> archives/private/<list>.mbox/<list>.mbox

Wouldn't this over-write the existing list.mbox file?

Or can you only do this when the list is brand new?

or should I cat archive.mbox >> list.mbox?

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