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 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> >> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy >> Pricehttp://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal