Re: Importing existing messages from a mailing list I just set to archive

Posted by GregChapman on Jun 16, 2015; 8:55pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Importing-existing-messages-from-a-mailing-list-I-just-set-to-archive-tp7595150p7595151.html

A mail list server does not store past messages. It only stores a list of current subscribers. Its only function is to pass on messages it receives not to store them. Nabble can only archive new messages posted to your mail list.

In essence what you are doing in setting up a Nabble archive is to subscribe your new Nabble application to your existing mail list. Nabble then posts any messages it receives as a new subscriber to a dedicated Nabble forum.

If you wish to backdate the archive you will need to supply an MBOX format file of past messages that you have collected and ask Nabble to post them to your forum. There is a special area of the Support forum for you to do this:
http://support.nabble.com/Mbox-import-f7590796.html