Group Mail, Mailman and archives

Im confused. I have a mailman list I want to migrate to Leopard Server. Id like to let the listers have a wiki. Ive set up the group, and the wiki and I see it. (i have other problems with that but ignoring them for the minute)
Will poste to my mailman list be the mail archive?
If so can I migrate my old archive somewhere to make sure the old data is still searchable.
Or, is a mailman list completely separate from a group mailing list.
Like I said. Im confused.
If this is all explained somewhere please point me. Ive looked for doc and searched - probably not enough.
thanks
Angus

Hi
"It seems that group mail introduced in previous Snow Leopard Server, it's gone. There is mailman, but I don't need a mailing list , just a simple mail grooup functionality. It's impossible to do in Lion Server?"
Actually Group e-mailing was available in previous versions of the Server. It's not impossible to do in Lion Server either. It's just not obvious if you want to use the interface. There's not much documentation regarding this either.
These two threads (you could have searched this for yourself) should have the information you need:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3518290?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3229060?start=0&tstart=0
There's also a way of doing this using WorkGroup Manager's Info Tab.
You should get into the habit of using the command line on OS X Server - the Terminal application in /Applications/Utilities - as this is the most effective way for you to get what you want, especially with the Mail Service.
The other Server Administration applications (which you may not be aware of?) are available for free download here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1488
You will need Server Admin to initially configure the Mail Service properly. As ever remember to set up DNS Services correctly as everything you want or may want will depend on it.
HTH?
Tony

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