# Yahoo Groups Importation Errors

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**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-groups-importation-errors/136277 "2019-12-17T03:13:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-groups-importation-errors/136277/7 "2019-12-19T20:19:32Z")

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> [@Soretna](#):
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> I had attempted to import these into a folder called “old-yahoo-group” by 1st creating this CATEGORY within the system and then I pushed all of the mbox folders into a folder

Incidentally, I had a similar experience. For some reason the import script ignored the existing category I had created even though the slug was the same. But it created the new category for me so I had no problem. I just deleted the category I had created and renamed the category created by the script.

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