How to Migrate Email Between Hosting Companies/Domains
Disclaimer/Notice: The below is for advanced
users and is provided only as a courtesy - Cartika Hosting Support
cannot assist with the operation/setup of this script beyond providing
basic mail settings. All support inquiries need to go to the developer
of imapsync.
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There are a couple of different ways to migrate email between various servers, if both are running Horde (http://bit.ly/dliKHu).
However, the following is usually a better option for large scale
migrations coming from other platforms/control panels, which can be
downloaded at http://imapsync.lamiral.info/.
From their INSTALL file (modified for brevity):
imapsync works fine under any Unix OS with perl.
imapsync works fine under Windows (2000, XP) and ActiveState's 5.8 Perl
imapsync is already available directly on the following distributions (at least):
FreeBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, NetBSD, Darwin, Mandriva and OpenBSD (yeah!).
Get imapsync at
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync/dist/
You'll find a compressed tarball called imapsync-x.xx.tgz
where x.xx is the version number. Untar the tarball where
you want (on Unix):
tar xzvf imapsync-x.xx.tgz
PREREQUISITES
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You need :
- Perl
try : perl -v
Get Perl here:
http://www.perl.org/
- Some perl modules. To verify you have
all modules in one command, just run:
perl -c imapsync
The good answer is "imapsync syntax OK".
If you do not get the response above, run the following to install the required modules:
perl -mMail::IMAPClient -mDigest::MD5 -mTerm::ReadKey -mIO::Socket::SSL -mDate::Manip -mFile::Spec -mDigest::HMAC_MD5 -e ''
INSTALLING (on Linux):
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To see what will be done, just run (in the distribution directory for imapsync):
make -n install
To install imapsync, just run:
make install
or copy the file imapsync where you want it to be.
INSTALLING (on MacOS):
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http://imapsync.darwinports.com/ has a complete package library for imapsync and dependencies
WINDOWS
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- Install Perl if it isn't already installed.
ActivePerl from ActiveState is a good candidate if
you understand nothing at free/open software
and want to run imapsync with success.
- Use PPM to install modules listed in the PREREQUISITES section.
PPM is Perl Package Manager.
There is also a pre-built binary, available at http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync/imapsync.exe which should work as well (though it may become out of date).
Their FAQ (http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync/FAQ) also has alot of good information/tips as well.
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