[urgent] backup email from one server to plesk

[stefanoostwegel]

Hello,

I have got 3 servers.
One running CPanel, one running VDesk and one running plesk 11 Centos6
I cannot use the migration manager to take over the emails to the new server.
I want to get the mails of all my domains on the cpanel and the vdesk panel to my plesk server.
I could download all emails over pop3 to my locla machine, transfer domains and then recreate the email address..
Using pop3 that wouldnt mather..
But i use IMAP and i would like all these emails to be transfered to the new domain.
How could i sent downloaded emails back to the server|???
Plese help me out, this is verry important!!!!!
Thank you in advance!

 

[MislavO]

Simple, POP - no transfer (i guess you know why) - clients won't lose any of their emails.

For IMAP, I'm using this:
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-migrate-mailboxes-between-imap-servers-with-imapcopy

So far working great, I already transfered thousands and thousands of e-mails.

If you will have any problems with this, feel free to ask.

 

[stefanoostwegel]

WOW! This looks exactly like i need!!
I'm going to test it and try it and i'll let you know what happened
Thnx very much!

 

[MislavO]

Have you successfully moved e-mails?

 

[stefanoostwegel]

Hmm,
Ive read this all.
It seems that does wont work if i move a domain to a new server.
Its from one company going to my own vps.
The mailboxes are not available simultaneously.
I need another tool to completly save it, and then move it, as i cannot have the urls double in two different server systems.
Any other help please?

 

[MislavO]

You can move this domain to any server you want.

This imapcopy gives you power to transfer/move all emails through IMAP where ever they are. I can move emails between your two server from my server. All i need is IP addresses from both server and email account name/password, nothing else. It doesn't require to even have DNS entries pointed to new server, or even same domain name.

You can have this two domain names:
- exampleone.com on one server
- exampleone.com on other server/VPS

You can move emails to third domain exampletree.com on that second server/VPS, neither the domain name have to be same.

(sometimes this imapcopy can stuck/stop working, i don't know why, so just remove the folder and download everything again and everything will be working)

 

[stefanoostwegel]

Hmm, then i didn't understand it completly.
Im currently testing the software IMAPSize.
It is a tool that makes you backup your imap account and restore it back to the server.
http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/index.php
Im trying now, i'll let you know how it worked out.