We did Unix->NT without any problems like this.

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Alan Thew                                       [log in to unmask]
Computing Services,University of Liverpool      Fax: +44 151 794-4442

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:06 , Listserv Admin <[log in to unmask]> said:

>Some people on this list might be able to help you if you could indicate
>which platform you are moving the list from and which platform you are
>moving the list to.
>
>For example, if moving from VM to unix, you could simply ftp the archives
>to the new archives directory and Listserv will re-build them on startup.
>>From the unix side, you could just do a "get listname" and "put listname"
>on the new server and Listserv will re-format them on startup.
>
>--Trish
>
>On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Perry Wolf wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>>
>> I'm on a mailing list that is being shut down and we are trying to move the
>> user list and archives from one server to another (temporary server to make due
>> for the time being).  I can get the user list (I think it's the LIST command)
>> and can query the list (using QUERY *@*) to get back text files.
>>
>> I've successfully installed listserv Lite (free version) on my computer, and
>> want to try to import at least the archives, and possibly the user list if
>> it is at all possible.  I have all of the old archives (GET LOGxxxx for all
>> the files), but it doesn't look like anything that the listserv can use.  Seems
>> like I need to rebuild all of the listname.logxxxx and listname.subject files.
>> Is that at all possible?
>>
>> If I could rebuild those *.log* and *.subject files, then moving the archives
>> to a new (permanent) server would be no problem.  I'll try contacting the
>> current list admin (for the dieing list) to see if I can get all of those
>> files, but it'll probably be unlikely.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>