Same idea here. We just imported the pst files into the client's pc outlook. At that point you can create an imap account and drag them over.
For hundreds of users I would think about spending not $2G but a few hundred to automate it. You got to make the numbers, 10mn/user (setup acct/copy files etc) by 200, that's about 33 1/3 human hrs Elliott Bujan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Horne Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] MBX files to Exchange That's exactly what I did as well. They were using IMAP, so that part was set up. I just added the Exchange account and dragged everything from their pst into the Exchange mailbox. Even the larger accounts (1000's of messages) only took a few minutes. I know it's not automated and behind the scenes and whatnot, but hey it's definitely under $2000! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Wolff Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MBX files to Exchange If I remember correctly on 3/15/05 10:14 AM Todd Bierbaum wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could offer more insight. Has anyone > migrated Imail .mbx files to Exchange? > > On my current Imail setup, all my users either use IMAP with Outlook > or Webmail. I'm looking for an "automated" solution (that is > affordable > (<$2,000)) for bringing all their e-mail into Exchange. > > Downloading the e-mail via POP and copying it back into Exchange for > each user should only be a last resort. I have 150 users that are on IMAP or Webmail. > Thanks! > > Note: I have an additional 265 users that are using a mixture of > Outlook and Outlook Express with POP and PSTs. Any help on easing > their migration would be great as well. Maybe not the most elegant solution, but here is what I did. Setup Outlook to attach to the Exchange server. Once that was set I added an IMAP account to the Imail server within Outlook. I then just did a drag and drop from the IMAP boxes to the Exchange boxes for the clients. Not elegant, and probably only worked cuz this is a K-12 public school environment and I have access to all things in the network. Regards, -Don "That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on the ball." - Bill Veeck =================================== Don Wolff- Technology Coordinator Phoenix-Talent School District #4 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Office- 541-535-0200 Mobile- 541-621-4717 FAX- 541-512-0179 To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
