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On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 01:05 PM, Alex wrote:

# First , I noticed somewhere that groupsio does now offer an option for paid groups to import archives from MBOX files. So that basically raises my MAIN question is is it easier or better to (A) try importing the archives from the MBOX files or (B) the PG downloader files.
Can you educate me on the pros ?cons of method A vs B??

Alex -- You have three options, only two of which are currently available:

1. Lena's Perl script. This is free, and you can do it right now. The main downside is it requires quite a lot of savvy on your part to get it set up, and the posting dates are not retained. You also cannot reattach any attachments, if that's important to you.

2. The groups.io mbox import service. This retains both message ownership and proper posting dates, but not attachments. You will have to pay for Premium Yearly on the destination group ($220) to get them to do it. See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/27438

3. PGO2GIO software. Rumor has it that this will reattach your message attachments, but like Lena's script, suffers from being unable to reconstruct the message "ownership" or posting date. It costs $50 (minimum), but at this point remains in beta testing, with no clear release date.

More information at?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Moving-to-Groups.io#Uploading-a-message-archive?ff.

# I was a bit confused when I got the downloaded-from-yahoo zip.
i looked in there and there's AFAIK no way to tell which files were from which of the five groups that were in there.

The group names are at the end of each folder name within the large zip file. Locate the "IG" folder in your download and extract it. Within that extracted folder should be a "messages.zip" file containing all the mbox files. It's up to you to find the right ones and ensure they are operated on.

mbox files can be opened in Notepad or any other plain-text editor, but there will be a lot of header information and html, which confuses some people. If you want to read it as emails, you can open it as a mail folder in Thunderbird with the importexporttools add-on, in Apple Mail, and probably some other email clients, too.

As for importing, if you use Lena's Perl script, I suggest you practice on a subgroup first. That way you can just delete the subgroup and repeat until you get it working to your satisfaction. If you use groups.io's service, just make darn sure you tell Mark exactly which [sub]group is your intended destination, and provide the correct "messages.zip" file.

Regards,
Bruce