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-====== How to migrate to FreeLists ======+====== How to Migrate to FreeLists ======
 Over the years most of our competitors have consolidated or shuttered their services, leaving the communities they host in search of a new home, and happily many of them come to //Free//Lists. Here are some commonly asked questions about how to migrate. Over the years most of our competitors have consolidated or shuttered their services, leaving the communities they host in search of a new home, and happily many of them come to //Free//Lists. Here are some commonly asked questions about how to migrate.
  
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 ==== How to I move my subscribers? ==== ==== How to I move my subscribers? ====
-We don't allow list admins to directly add subscribers to their lists. While this sounds like a drag it's there to prevent SPAM, allow us to establish consent and protect privacy, and to improve our overall quality of service. +We don't allow list admins to directly add subscribers to their lists. While this sounds like a drag this limitation is there to prevent SPAM, allow us to establish consent and protect privacy, and to improve our overall quality of service. 
  
-There's one exception though: list migrations! When migrating from another service you've already established consent with your subscribers. We can import for you automatically with little effort, just email your text, CSV, or other common format export to staff@freelists.org. This is a one-time thing geared toward //migrations// though: new subscribers thereafter go through the normal subscribe process. +**There's one exception though: list migrations!** When migrating from another service you've already established consent with your subscribers. We can import for you automatically with little effort, just email your text, CSV, or other common format export to [[staff@freelists.org]]. This is a one-time thing geared toward //migrations// though: new subscribers thereafter go through the normal subscribe process. 
  
 ==== Can I move my archives? ==== ==== Can I move my archives? ====
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 [[http://yahoogroupedia.pbworks.com/w/page/93006447/Chrome%20Application%20To%20Download%20Messages|A Chrome extension]] [[http://yahoogroupedia.pbworks.com/w/page/93006447/Chrome%20Application%20To%20Download%20Messages|A Chrome extension]]
  
-Email staff@freelists.org to get the process started.+Email [[staff@freelists.org]] to get the process started.
  
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