How can I replace my mailing list with Nabble's email subscriptions?

[dpolivaev]

Hello,

I am the owner of a mailing list freeplane-developer <[e-mail]> and I want to replace it with Nabble's email subscription to http://freeplane-developer.996969.n3.nabble.com/ . Nabble help page http://n3.nabble.com/help/Answer.jtp?id=46  recommends me to follow steps which I do not understand:

"1. Set the old mailing list to no-delivery for all members, except the nabble archive email address (e.g., [e-mail]), so that the archiving can continue if people continue to post to the mailing list address (e.g., [e-mail])."

What is the meaning of xxxx in text  [e-mail]?

"2. Subscribe all existing members to Nabble. You can do this by clicking on Options > Users > Forum subscribers and then on "Add Subscribers"."

There are neither item "Forum subscribers " nor "Add Subscribers" available. There are items "Manage subscribers" and "Invite subscribers", however the last tells me it is curently not available, so I do not now whether I can add existing subscribers to the list once the module is activated.

3. The last step is to hide the mailing list archive from users. You can find this option in the Options > Application > Mailing list archive settings screen. When you finish this option, your forum will look like a normal forum. Basically, users won't see a prompt that asks them to subscribe to the mailing list when they post a message. But the mailing list is not disabled at all and posts will be silently forwarded to the mailing list. When you feel that the mailing list is no longer needed, you can remove it completely in the "Mailing list archive settings" screen.

Can I import the old posted mails this way?
What is the meaning of hiding the mailing list?
What mailing list is mentioned?

"If you still have questions, visit Nabble Help or the Nabble Support forum."

Oh, yes. Please, help me.

Kind regards,
Dimitry Polivaev

[Pedro]

Please, first go to Options -> Application -> Mailing List Archive Settings to start your archive.

dpolivaev wrote

What is the meaning of xxxx in text  [e-mail]?

This is the Nabble archive address. You should keep this on your old list, in this way every thing sent to your old list will only go to this address. This address will send the message to Nabble's archive, so that the subscribers from Nabble's archive will receive it.

dpolivaev wrote

2. Subscribe all existing members to Nabble. You can do this by clicking on Options > Users > Forum subscribers and then on "Add Subscribers"

Please, use Users -> manage subscribers -> invite subscribers.

dpolivaev wrote

Can I import the old posted mails this way?
What is the meaning of hiding the mailing list?
What mailing list is mentioned?

We have to look your old mails to see if it is possible to import them.
Hiding the mailing list information means that the new visitors of your forum won't see your old list information, but the new archive and Nabble's app.

[dpolivaev]

Pedro <Nabble> wrote

Please, first go to Options -> Application -> Mailing List Archive Settings to start your archive.

dpolivaev wrote

What is the meaning of xxxx in text  [e-mail]?

This is the Nabble archive address. You should keep this on your old list, in this way every thing sent to your old list will only go to this address. This address will send the message to Nabble's archive, so that the subscribers from Nabble's archive will receive it.

I do not understand what is the Nabble archive address. This term has not been defined anywhere yet.
Should I subscribe address [e-mail] or address [e-mail] or something else to the old list?

Regards, Dimitry

[Pedro]

After saving your Mailing List Archive Settings, you gonna see a page called "Subscription Instructions". Then, you will see which email address Nabble will subscribe on your list, something like [e-mail].
When you go back to your list, remove every user email address but this one.