# Staged Users Migrated from Mailman
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-migrated-from-mailman/104958
**Category:** Migration
**Created:** [December 23, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-migrated-from-mailman/104958 "2018-12-23T17:24:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@tisawyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tisawyer)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-migrated-from-mailman/104958/1 "2018-12-23T17:24:04Z")
I have successfully test migrated a Mailman list with the procedure from
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mailing-lists-mbox-listserv-google-groups-emails/79773/65?u=tisawyer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mailing-lists-mbox-listserv-google-groups-emails/79773/65)
Now there are a whole bunch of staged users from the Mailman list. What must the users do to sign on to the new Discourse community?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-migrated-from-mailman/104958/2 "2018-12-23T17:34:59Z")
To sign on staged users must create a new account “sign up” using the same email from the mailing list. They’ll receive an email verifying that they own the address entered, and once verified they’re good to go.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-migrated-from-mailman/104958/3 "2018-12-24T01:21:28Z")
It’s all about the email address matching. Remember that to Discourse, **email address = identity**. This is absolutely central to how Discourse works.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-migrated-from-mailman/104958/4 "2019-01-23T01:35:56Z")
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