Patti,
Sorry, I though you were talking about moving IMail from one machine to
another.
Since other mail servers use different forms of the message store, 'moving'
old email can sometimes be the worst part of a migration. In a case like
this, I would enlist the help of your users. Keep both systems online and
have the user login to the old server and forward the email to their new
accounts. Plan to shut down the old server in a few days and warn the users
that if they don't move their old email, it will 'go away'. Or use the IMail
Client (select domain name and username from drop down lists) on the server,
to connect to the old server and one user account (you will need username
and password!) and download (set POP3 section to 'Delete Host Mail') the
email from the old machine, which will put the messages into that users
folder on the IMail machine.
I like the first, because each person takes care of his own (and decides
which message will be kept) and what is left (those away from the office or
who cannot do the work) is usually modest and then you can help them or do
it yourself.
Daniel Donnelly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patti Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Downloan email from slmailI
> This is from slmail to imail. I understand how to do it but I do not want
> to have to do each one individually. I thought there was a way to it a
> little faster than one at a time. In slmail the users .mbx files are in a
> directory called system. Just all together. I was told yesterday to copy
> each one rename it to main and place in the imail/users/ username folder.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Downloan email from slmailI
>
>
> > Patti,
> >
> > Did you not use the instructions in the KB? That tells you to copy the
> > \users (and other domains) folders prior to starting up the new server.
If
> > you already started it and email is collected into the new folders, then
> > copying will overwrite the new mail with the old. In that case Supports
> > suggestion is the only way to go, to assure both old and new mail are
> > available.
> >
> > Daniel Donnelly
> > ________________________________________________________
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Patti Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:13 PM
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] Downloan email from slmailI
> >
> >
> > > I have just installed imail on a new mail machine. so far everything
is
> > > fine except getting the email messages from my old server. According
to
> > > ipswitch I can use the imail client and do each one individually or
copy
> > and
> > > paste each one separately into the folder. There has to be a better
> way.
> > > Does anyone have a way to do this?
> > >
> > > PAtti
> > >
> > >
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