[X4U] convert POP to IMAP

[riteme]

thanks. i have around the same amount - i'll try a folder or two and  
see how it progresses ....

On Oct 7, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Richard H Stoddard wrote:

> 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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