# Import Usenet group?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-usenet-group/140418
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 2, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-usenet-group/140418 "2020-02-02T23:11:58Z")
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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-usenet-group/140418/2 "2020-02-03T11:30:48Z")

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> [@danb35](#):
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> Google Groups, though they won’t have full email addresses

Yeah, that’s going to be a problem, because each message will be assigned to a new, different user. That’s why [Migrate a mailing list to Discourse (mbox, Listserv, Google Groups, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mailing-lists-mbox-listserv-google-groups-emails/79773) doesn’t allow that by default. You need admin rights on the Google Group to download the full messages including email addresses.

> [@danb35](#):
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> it looks like each post will be in its own file. But I think the .mbox import script can handle that

Yes, [Migrate a mailing list to Discourse (mbox, Listserv, Google Groups, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mailing-lists-mbox-listserv-google-groups-emails/79773) works with mbox files as well as each message in it’s own file.

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