On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Alan in Toronto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, April 18, 2008 11:39 pm, Paul Lesniewski wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Alan in Toronto > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> SquirrelMail 1.4.13 > >> Courier IMAP (in a cPanel release) > >> maildir mail storage format > >> Apache, cPanel virtual web hosting account > >> (sorry, I usually provide more details of my setup, but I've just moved > to a new > >> host and I don't have all their details yet.) > >> > >> Hello all: > >> > >> I'm moving from one host to a new host, new server. I need to transfer > messages > >> and > >> mail folders from my old IMAP server to the new server. > > >> 2. Someone > >> mentioned using a local mail client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) to > login to the > >> old > >> mail account and download all the mail folders and messages, then login > to the > >> new > >> account and somehow transfer (drag and drop?) all the folders and > messages to the > >> new account? Would that work, and would that be a better method? > > > > Yes, that is exactly what would work. It has to be done on a per-user > > basis, but if that suits, then it's extremely easy. Just set up both > > IMAP host accounts in Thunderbird (or similar) and drag any messages > > from one account to the other and you're done. > > Hi PauL > > That worked great! > > I have Outlook 2000 on my PC (which I never use), and lo and behold it > allows setup > of multiple IMAP accounts. It displayed the folder list and messages for both > accounts/servers, and I just used Copy to copy them to the new server. Nice. > > The process works, but it is tedious (one folder at a time) and slow because > it > downloads from old server to my PC (Outlook), then uploads to new > account/server. > > A direct server-to-server transfer would be faster. Would it be difficult to > code a > plugin to enable SquirrelMail to access a second IMAP account, and thereby > be able > to copy folders and messages from the "logged in" account to the second > account?
Yes, it would be difficult. As I mentioned, IMAP is not really designed for putting messages onto the server. It would take a whole bunch of parsing and validation and real hassle. 1.5.x has some small framework in place for being able to be logged into more than one IMAP account at a time, though, but the meat of the code is not implemented and moving/copying messages between accounts is a big question mark and would probably only be implemented on a per-message basis anyway, at least at first. > Thanks for all the excellent help and advice, as usual! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: [email protected] List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
