[MlMt] Moving providers

[David Shepherdson]

On 14 Feb 2018, at 19.19, iep at circa.dk wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best procedure when moving 
> IMAP providers/servers? I have a couple of domains with a couple of 
> email addresses on each and 2-3 GB of mail on the server (and in 
> Mailmate of course). I'm not 100% happy with my current provider, so 
> I'm considering moving to a different one. But how best to do it 
> without losing mail? And if anyone has any recommendations as to 
> providers I'm all ears. Preferably northern Europe/Scandinavia. But 
> anywhere in the world will do if there are compelling reasons to go 
> there.

I can put in a recommendation for Runbox <https://runbox.com>, who 
I’ve been using for the past couple of years. On the very few 
occasions when I’ve had problems or questions, their customer service 
response has been exemplary. They’re based in Norway and operate 
carbon-neutrally, if that’s relevant to you. They also have an IMAP 
migration tool (Web-based), which I’ve used on a few occasions and 
found to be reliable, though the speed is dependent on the host you’re 
moving from, obviously.

I probably *should* have tried Fastmail, since I’m also based in 
Australia and used to be acquainted with one of the people who run it 
(before he worked there), but for some reason it didn’t come up on my 
radar when I was first looking for a new host a couple of years ago. But 
I’ve been very happy with Runbox, so I probably wouldn’t switch 
without some compelling reason.

David