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Re: Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another

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On 7 Apr 2025 at 22:12:17 BST, "D.M. Procida"
<daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

> I have a few GB of email locally for an account, and that address is now on a
> new IMAP server.
> 
> What I want to happen is Mail to write all that email, exactly as it was, to
> the new IMAP provider, including all the all sent mail, and the mail arranged
> into different mailboxes.
> 
> I thought that changing the server details on the account in Mail would do the
> trick, but I just ended up with a completely empty mail account (I got it back
> quickly enough after resetting the server details).

Does Mail have no Export facility? I'd export it (to mbox format, if the
exporter is any good) and then re-import it.

-- 
Tim

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Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> - 2025-04-07 21:12 +0000
  Re: Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> - 2025-04-07 21:24 +0000
  Re: Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2025-04-07 23:18 +0100
  Re: Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-08 10:29 +0200
  Re: Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2025-04-08 10:20 +0000
    Re: Transfer all email from one IMAP provider to another D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> - 2025-09-27 20:13 +0000

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