Thanks for the feedback Takashi. Yes, we've taken a hard look at the email migration API, but unfortunately, the "Netscape" email structure is very convoluted: it stores all messages into a SINGLE file in some "mork" or binary format that is not very programmer friendly. So, we have found a tool that we have purchased that can read the Netscape mailbox and migrate/copy the messages to an IMAP server. This is why we are going about this migration in such a strange/non-standard way by having an "interim" IMAP server to stage the messages for Google to come and pick up using Google's "Pull" migration technology.
Again, thank you for taking time to offer feedback, I appreciate you and the AppsEDU community. -- W.G. On Jul 8, 5:49 pm, "Takashi Matsuo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Will, > > It seems that your plan seems reasonable to me. Theoretically it will work. > > Additionally, perhaps you can use Email Migration > API:http://code.google.com/apis/apps/email_migration/developers_guide_pro... > > Using this API, you won't need to prepare a new IMAP server, or to > know their passwords either. > > Regards, > > -- Takashi Matsuo > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Will Gillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Our school is currently preparing for a migration to Google Apps. We > > have about 1,000 users who currently use "Netscape Communicator" for > > their local email using POP3 which has downloaded many messages to > > their local drives. We have an application that can migrate email OUT > > of Netscape into another email system (such as Google or other) using > > IMAP to PUSH the messages into the other system. > > > Now, since I've read that Google Apps API doesn't allow us to > > automatically turn on IMAP for each user account during provisioning, > > we are thinking of doing this as a possible work-around to migrate all > > of this local Netscape email into Google: > > > 1.) Build a temporary IMAP mailbox server. > > 2.) Use our application to PUSH messages from local drives INTO the > > temp IMAP server. > > 3.) Configure GoogleApps Email Migration to PULL messages from the > > temp IMAP server. > > > Does this sound like a reasonable work-around/solution for this > > scenario? > > Does anyone have any other suggestions? > > > Thanks. > > > -- W.G.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
