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Transferring Email and Mailboxes Print

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The part people get wrong.

WHAT DOES NOT MOVE

Mailbox contents do not travel with a website backup, unless you take a full cPanel backup from a cPanel source.

WHAT YOU MUST DO

Recreate the accounts here Move the messages Reconfigure devices

MOVING THE MESSAGES

Set up both old and new accounts in a mail client using IMAP.

Drag messages from the old to the new.

Slow for large mailboxes, and reliable.

DO THIS BEFORE THE OLD HOSTING ENDS

Once it is cancelled, the messages are gone.

FOR MANY MAILBOXES

Tools exist to transfer in bulk. Open a ticket and ask.

AFTER MIGRATING

Create every account with the same address Set the same passwords, or tell users the new ones Reconfigure every device

THE DEVICE STEP

Every phone and computer needs the new settings.

Tell users before the change, with instructions.

WHAT TO TEST

Send and receive, both directions, from each account.


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