diff --git a/pgweb/lists/management/__init__.py b/pgweb/lists/management/__init__.py
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diff --git a/pgweb/lists/management/commands/__init__.py b/pgweb/lists/management/commands/__init__.py
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diff --git a/pgweb/lists/management/commands/sync_lists.py b/pgweb/lists/management/commands/sync_lists.py
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+#
+# Script to sync lists from archives server
+#
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.db import connection, transaction
+from django.conf import settings
+import requests
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+	help = 'Synchronize mailinglists'
+
+	def add_arguments(self, parser):
+		parser.add_argument('--dryrun', action='store_true', help="Don't commit changes")
+
+	def handle(self, *args, **options):
+		if settings.ARCHIVES_SEARCH_PLAINTEXT:
+			proto="http"
+		else:
+			proto="https"
+		r = requests.get('{0}://{1}/listinfo/'.format(proto, settings.ARCHIVES_SEARCH_SERVER))
+		print "2"
+		j = r.json()
+		allgroups = list(set([l['group'] for l in j]))
+		with transaction.atomic():
+			curs = connection.cursor()
+
+			# Add any groups necessary
+			curs.execute("INSERT INTO lists_mailinglistgroup (groupname, sortkey) SELECT n,50 FROM UNNEST(%s) n(n) WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM lists_mailinglistgroup WHERE groupname=n) RETURNING groupname", (allgroups,))
+			for n, in curs.fetchall():
+				print "Added group %s" % n
+
+			# Add and update lists
+			for l in j:
+				curs.execute("SELECT id FROM lists_mailinglist WHERE listname=%s", (l['name'],))
+				if curs.rowcount == 0:
+					curs.execute("INSERT INTO lists_mailinglist (listname, group_id, active, description, shortdesc) VALUES (%s, (SELECT id FROM lists_mailinglistgroup WHERE groupname=%s), %s, %s, %s)", (
+						l['name'], l['group'], l['active'], l['description'], l['shortdesc']))
+					print "Added list %s" % l['name']
+				else:
+					curs.execute("UPDATE lists_mailinglist SET group_id=(SELECT id FROM lists_mailinglistgroup WHERE groupname=%s), active=%s, description=%s, shortdesc=%s WHERE listname=%s AND NOT (group_id=(SELECT id FROM lists_mailinglistgroup WHERE groupname=%s) AND active=%s AND description=%s AND shortdesc=%s)", (
+						l['group'], l['active'], l['description'], l['shortdesc'],
+						l['name'],
+						l['group'], l['active'], l['description'], l['shortdesc'],
+					))
+					print "Updated list %s" % l['name']
+
+			# Delete any lists that shouldn't exist anymore (this is safe because we don't keep any data about them,
+			# so they are trivial to add back)
+			curs.execute("DELETE FROM lists_mailinglist WHERE NOT listname=ANY(%s) RETURNING listname", ([l['name'] for l in j],))
+			for n, in curs.fetchall():
+				print "Deleted list %s" % n
+			# Delete listgroups
+			curs.execute("DELETE FROM lists_mailinglistgroup WHERE NOT groupname=ANY(%s) RETURNING groupname", (allgroups,))
+			for n, in curs.fetchall():
+				print "Deleted group %s" % n
+
+			if options['dryrun']:
+				raise CommandError("Dry run, rolling back")