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Migrating Emails to Lookafter Using IMAP
When you switch to Lookafter Email Hosting, you will most likely want to migrate your emails from the old server to Lookafter server. This guide shows you the steps on how you can transfer your emails between the servers using a mail client that supports IMAP feature like Ms Outlook, Thunderbird and Mac Mail.
Step 1: Set Up IMAP For Your Old Email Account
- Obtain the IMAP settings of your old email account from your previous email hosting provider.
- Download and install the mail client (Ms Outlook/Thunderbird/Mac Mail) on your PC.
- In the mail client, set up an IMAP profile for your old email account using the IMAP settings provided by your previous hosting provider.
Step 2: Create Email Account on Lookafter System
Follow this guide to create an email account on Lookafter system: Creating a new user account.
Note that you need to have admin privilege to perform this step. If you do not have the avomaster access, please consult your voadmin user to create your email account.
Step 3: Set Up IMAP For Your New Email Account
After your email account has been created on Lookafter system, you can setup IMAP with this new email account in the same mail client your used in Step 1.
Refer to the following guides on how to setup the email ccount using Lookafter IMAP settings on different mail client:
Step 4: Move Emails Between Accounts in Mail Client
By now, you should have 2 IMAP accounts created in your mail client. To migrate your emails, simply drag-and-drop the emails from the old email account (created in Step 1) to the new email account (created in migrate_emails_to_lookafter_using_imap)
