Only my 2nd or 3rd post here since joining a year ago ... I am the owner of a list at a host that is using LISTSERV 1.8C. I may have to find another host and am considering moving the list to eGroups. Is there a way, let alone an easy way, to have the 3 yrs of list archives transferred over to the new group at eGroups? If so, must it be transferred in blocks of msgs or can it appear as an archive of individual msgs in eGroups, as new msgs would appear? I am simply the list owner. I have nothing to do with the host. The tecchie at the host doesn't know yet, without researching it and checking on the setup at eGroups, which he hopes to be able to do this fall. (If it checks out to his satisfaction, he may recommend eGroups to other lists that also may have to find a new host.) No fear that I will lose my list archives. I have all 3 yrs of msgs backed up on my HD, too. (I'm using Eudora.) At WORST, if I felt I needed to, I could forward each of the 5,000 msgs (!) to the group before I start live operation of the group. I simply want to make the archives available to all subscribers in one place, if possible. No, I have not yet tried to contact any tecchies at eGroups to ask this question. (Maybe I'd better do it before they get too busy with the merger into Yahoo!) If you feel the answer might help others on this list, reply to all of us. Otherwise, or if the answer is too detailed, reply personally to me. I run a 325-sub list for barbershop harmony singers in Mich., and am experimenting with eGroups by starting a few other, smaller lists there. --jim-- [log in to unmask]