IMAP migration]

[Brad Crotchett]

Hmmm....now I am getting tempted again.  Maybe I will work on that this afternoon.  Thanks for the 
input.

Brad

> Its the best thing you'll ever do....
> 
> All your mail wherever you have a client. You think its nice having all 
> your old mail available, try having all old and new mail available from 
> home, work, and the spare bedroom.
> 
> If you select individual messages, the command gets too long to send 
> after a few thousand messages. If you move the whole folder, you can 
> usuialy move the whole thing with the only hassle being the wait for it 
> to be copied. (10 megs an hour or one meg it depends on your setup)
> 
> If you decide not to move your old mail, you won't lose anything. It 
> will just be a folder at work. Heck you can have access pop and imap 
> services in the same mail client, and even setup a filter on the client 
> to move mail from one server to another or fetch mail to pull pop mail 
> to the imap server. I would reccomend setting up most filters i.e. 
> freind/mailing list/etc on the server not the client since it can be a 
> pain to get all the rules the same on the home and work machines.
> 
> Brad Crotchett wrote:
> 
> >Hmmm....sounds like a lot of work.  Maybe I will just stay with POP.  
> >Thanks for the help.
> >
> >Brad
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>It is a manual process.  You create the accounts in your favorite
> >>clients for the IMAP server.  Create the directories that you now have
> >>locally on the IMAP server.  Then copy blocks of messages to the server
> >>from your local message store.  If you have a lot of messages it will
> >>take a long time, but it only has to be done once.
> >>
> >>On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 10:45, Brad Crotchett wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I am thinking about moving my mail clients over to IMAP from POP, but I
> >>>have a few concerns.  I have heard that you lose all of the mail that is
> >>>currently in your mail client.  Is that true?  I have 2 1/2 years of
> >>>mail sorted in my client at work, and I don't want to lose those
> >>>messages.  
> >>>
> >>>Can I start with my mail client at work Outlook) and have the server use
> >>>it as a template for folders and then synchronize my home client (Ximian
> >>>Evolution) to the server?
> >>>
> >>>Are there any other things to expect when migrating?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>>Brad
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
>  
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