[X4U] convert POP to IMAP

[Richard H Stoddard]

I moved all of mine to IMAP awhile ago. I created matching folders and 
then dragged the messages to the corresponding IMAP folders. Took a 
long time, because I had about 20k messages, but it worked. You may be 
able to drag folders instead, but because some of my folders were huge, 
I decided to move messages in batches. 


On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:19:34 -0700, riteme wrote:
> hello - I've been following the "can apple's mail  pick up gmail 
> thread" which actually convinced me to change my dot mac account from 
> POP to IMAP. reason being I have an iphone and want it all to be in 
> sync with messages read.
> 
> My concern is of course not to mess things up .... my question is 
> what to do with all the folders i use - 7 years of email all filed 
> into nested hierarchal folders.
> -I'm under the impression i can simply drag these folders into the 
> new imap account and they will migrate.
> - or do i create new folders and then drag the messages?
> 
> this also might be a good time however to archive folders i no longer 
> use, ie old jobs, and prune this all down - on the other hand, if i 
> migrate them they are backed up again.
> 
> another question is rules. i assume they will simply work .....
> 
> I've been reading various "how to" migrate and it seems fairly 
> straightforward - is there anything in particular anyone's learned 
> doing this that i should be aware of?
> 
> as an aside, this might help someone else - as an interim step  i set 
> up another gmail account and configured it to fetch my dot mac mail - 
> then set THAT account up on my iphone.   this is pretty neat.   i 
> mention it because if you have a POP account, it's a great way to 
> seamlessly back up your email (skip the iphone step)  as it goes to 
> both accounts, dot mac and the gmail. (did i explain that clearly).
> 
> thanks for the help, eric
> 
> 
> 
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