# Migrate a mailing list to Discourse (mbox, Listserv, Google Groups, etc)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mailing-list-to-discourse-mbox-listserv-google-groups-etc/79773
**Category:** Migrating to Discourse
**Tags:** how-to
**Created:** [February 4, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mailing-list-to-discourse-mbox-listserv-google-groups-etc/79773 "2018-02-04T21:08:05Z")
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#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-mailing-list-to-discourse-mbox-listserv-google-groups-etc/79773/173 "2020-12-10T20:52:43Z")

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@gerhard any ideas how to adapt these instructions to using a [dev install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009/94) rather than the standard installation? I feel like I’ve come close to getting a `listserv` migration working using just a few commands, but I can’t get what I assume is the last step to work using either of:

```plaintext
ruby /src/script/import_scripts/mbox.rb ~/import/settings.yml
bundle exec ruby /src/script/import_scripts/mbox.rb /home/discourse/import/settings.yml

```

Both fail to pull in all dependencies. [See here](https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/wiki/Mailing-list-migration/_edit#1-in-ubuntu-host) for the full set of commands I used and the errors. Any ideas? Missing some `d/bundle` calls perhaps?

Next thing I will try is using an Ubuntu VM and doing a “[standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true)” there but this seems a bit overkill given the `dev` install otherwise works quite nicely.

I am a total `discourse` (and `ruby`, and mostly `docker`) newbie, so sorry if this is obvious or (worse) irrelevant!

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