Question Domain Migration from CPanel

[Marcelo Mella]

Im trying to migrate a domain from a CPanel shared Hosting
Transfering files and databases is not a problem
Copy and configure DNS is simple
But i'm not sure how to handle emails. What are the best practices?
How can i migrate emails having final user to just change their password ?

 

[Mr.D]

Hi, If you have root access to cPanel sever then you can use Plesk Migrator for migration of the domains with databases and mail accounts with their content. All user passwords will be saved as is.
Else you can use Website importing feature for import web content and databases. Mail messages could be transferred using thirdrdparty tools like IMAPCopy or IMAPSync. In this case passwords should be changed to temporary that tools can access to mail boxes.
More one but more difficult way to use custom migration feature of Plesk Migrator. There is needed to describe client, domain and mail boxes in hosting description file and Plesk Migrator will create mailboxes in Plesk automatically and transfer their content using IMAP. Mail passwords should be changed to temporary in this case too.
Migrating from Custom Hosting

 

[Marcelo Mella]

I guess i should go with ImapSync.

The procedure im thinking of is:

1. Make new mails to arrive to the new server
2. Copy mailboxes from old server to new server
3. Delete unused DNS records

But i'm not sure how to handle DNS configuration on each step