[Zope-CMF] Importing "subscribers" from a csv file

Jens Vagelpohl jens at dataflake.org
Mon Nov 21 04:39:19 EST 2005


On 21 Nov 2005, at 10:15, Rui Gamito wrote:
> Is there a way to import email addresses (newsletter subscribers)  
> from a
> csv file?
>
> I've never tried to import anything other than zexp files, but I've  
> been
> told it was possible, and effortless, using the usual import/export...
> Well, it's not working and I get a "Invalid export header" error..

Whoever claimed that is wrong, you cannot just import a CSV using the  
normal import/export mechanism. That's reserved for ZEXP files.

You will need to create your own script, most likely as external  
method, that reads the file and creates member records.

jens



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