[MlMt] moving my mail from one server to another—will my IMAP mailboxes & their contents survive the move?

Patrik Fältström paf at paftech.se
Wed Apr 5 00:49:21 EDT 2023


I can also recommend imapsync, specifically regarding keeping ID's of messages in the way one wants (to minimise number of confused clients).

<https://imapsync.lamiral.info/>

  Patrik

On 4 Apr 2023, at 23:09, Antonio Leding wrote:

> Adding onto what Bill said, I’ve done this numerous times using `doveadm` (Dovecot IMAP backend).
>
> I didn’t see the OP mention what they use on the server but whatever it is, one would think similar tools to `doveadm` would be available…
>
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>
> On 4 Apr 2023, at 14:02, Bill Cole wrote:
>
>> On 2023-04-04 at 16:20:21 UTC-0400 (Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:20:21 -0400)
>> Ken Pope <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
>> is rumored to have said:
>>
>>> My mail currently resides on a dedicated server managed by company X.  To save money, I’m considering transferring my domains, mail, and websites from X to a dedicated server managed by company Y.
>>>
>>> Will all the many, *many* IMAP mailboxes that MailMate has created for me disappear in the move, or will they (if the move goes well) wind up on the new server with their contents intact?
>>
>> If you do it right, you can move everything.
>>
>> Moving an email collection from one IMAP server to another can be as simple as dragging messages from one account to another in MM.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Bill Cole
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>> (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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