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--- faq:email:migrate_emails_to_lookafter_using_imap [2023/06/01 12:14] – [Step 4: Move Emails Between Accounts in Mail Client] vikki
+++ faq:email:migrate_emails_to_lookafter_using_imap [2023/06/07 15:06] (current) – [Step 1: Set Up IMAP For Your Old Email Account] vikki
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 Note that the steps below have to be performed before your domain's MX is updated to Lookafter server.
 ===== Step 1: Set Up IMAP For Your Old Email Account =====
+(If you already have an existing IMAP profile set up for your old email account, skip to [[#step_2create_email_account_on_lookafter_system|Step 2]].)
   * 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.
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 After your domain's MX record have been updated, you should start receiving emails on the new email account (or at Lookafter webmail).\\
 As the MX update involves DNS change (which requires global cache to fully propagate to take effect), you may still receive emails on your old email account within 24 to 72 hours. You can move these emails to the new account to sync them to Lookafter server during this time.\\
-Once you see there is no more email received in the old account (usually after 72 hours upon MX update), then you can safely delete it from the mail client.
+Once you see there is no more email received in the old account (usually after 72 hours upon MX update), then you can safely delete the old account from the mail client.

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