<p dir="ltr">I would set up the IMAP server, then create an account using it on my existing mail client. Copy mail from existing mail client account to the new IMAP backed account, voilą. I kinda did this when I moved all my personal mail from work account to gmail some years ago.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Of course, if you've got thousands of messages this might not meet performance requirements (:</p>
<p dir="ltr">-- <br>
Gregory Orange, sent from phone</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 13/03/2015 10:30 pm, "Fred Janon" <<a href="mailto:fjanon@yahoo.com">fjanon@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hi,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I am interested in knowing how to export mail into an IMAP server like Cyrus? Apparently it uses a Derby DB, but I didn't see anything about importing mail into it.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Thanks</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Fred</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Friday, March 13, 2015 3:13 PM, Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div>On 13/03/15 18:53, Bernd Felsche wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> First thing you should do is to EXport your emails into an IMAP<br clear="none">> server's store. It saves a lot of headaches when moving from client<br clear="none">> to client. I've run a local Cyrus-IMAP since 1288 BC. It doesn't<br clear="none">> care if it's on the same host and keeps your emails client-agnostic.<br clear="none">> Any email client worth using supports IMAP. Enable the appropriate<br clear="none">> security for your network.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Other swear by Courier IMAP. Do what fits your mind best.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I did precisely this back in 2011. After years of Opera, then <br clear="none">Thunderbird in various incarnations I decided to install Courier IMAP <br clear="none">and then just progressively feed it my archives. In 2012 I switched to <br clear="none">Dovecot and I'm still using it..<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Prior to running my own mail server I used fetchmail & procmail to sort <br clear="none">the mail for me, now I just have Exim deliver through procmail.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best move I ever made. It's now completely client agnostic. My mail is <br clear="none">accessible on my PC, iPad & Blackberry and I can try and switch clients <br clear="none">with gay abandon.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It's a little bit of a learning curve, but it's a path I wholeheartedly <br clear="none">recommend.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards,<br clear="none">Brad<br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks they can<br clear="none">train Americans to stand at the edge of the pool and throw them<br clear="none">fish.<div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">PLUG discussion list: <a shape="rect">plug@plug.org.au</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect">http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug</a><br clear="none">Committee e-mail: <a shape="rect">committee@plug.org.au</a><br clear="none">PLUG Membership: <a shape="rect">http://www.plug.org.au/membership</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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