[Dovecot] POP to IMAP Transition
Curtis Maloney
cmaloney at cardgate.net
Mon Aug 14 05:43:46 EEST 2006
Yudhvir Singh Sidhu wrote:
> I am using Dovecot IMAP and added an IMAP folder to an Outlook client
> which is also popping another account. Both account folders exist in the
> same client. I am wondering if I can drag the pop-ed mail to the IMAP
> folder, thereby transferring old mail to the IMAP folder? Outlook allows
> me to click and drag folders into the IMAP folder.
>
This is how I migrated our company from POP to IMAP. As it turned out, Outlook
was the best tool (at the time) to rid us of our dependency on Outlook :P
> You see where I am going with this, I wnat to transition from the old
> POP accounts to the new IMAP accounts and delete the old folders. Is
> this possible? I'd love to hear from someone who has done this.
>
It worked, and it worked well.
Of course, back up your originals, and try a COPY instead of a MOVE, just to be
safe :)
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Curtis Maloney
cmaloney at cardgate.net
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