{"id":2315,"date":"2011-09-20T15:38:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T15:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/09\/20\/301-using-thunderbird-to-transfer-emails-between-servers\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T18:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:01:18","slug":"using-thunderbird-to-transfer-emails-between-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/using-thunderbird-to-transfer-emails-between-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Thunderbird to Transfer Emails Between Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you had email hosting from a previous hosting provider it is likely you had an email account. You can transfer those emails to your InMotion Hosting account<\/strong>. There are different ways to migrate your existing emails. One way to configure the accounts in an email client and copy the emails to our servers. We are going to show you how to do this using the Thunderbird email client.\u00a0 Other clients such as Outlook have the same basic functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do I transfer my emails using Thunderbird?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we get started you will need to create an email account<\/a> in cPanel.\u00a0 Next, open your preferred email client such as Thunderbird.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to set up your old email hosting in your email client as an IMAP account.\u00a0 Make sure this is done before you cancel your hosting with your previous provider or you will lose your emails.\u00a0 Next, set up a new email account but with the account pointed to our servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have articles on how to set up different clients linked within our email configuration guide<\/a>.\u00a0You can read more in-depth information in our Getting Started guide<\/a>. For this example, we will set up an email account in Thunderbird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When configuring the accounts, use your servers\u2019 hostnames as the incoming and outgoing mail servers. For example, the average user will use mail.example.com as their incoming and outgoing server name. mail.example.com either points to InMotion Hosting or your previous server, not both. Using a server\u2019s hostname instead of mail.domain.com ensures we are connecting to the correct servers. Your hostname for Inmotion Hosting may look something like biz108.inmotionhosting.com. You should reference your Account Management Panel for the exact server name. You\u2019ll need to contact your previous host to find out the server name of your previous server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that both hosting email accounts are added we can copy the emails.\u00a0 In this example, we will move emails from IMHtesting@gmail.com to tim@inmotiontesting.com. We are using two different email addresses to make our example more clear.\u00a0 However, when you add your email accounts, they will be the same email address.\u00a0You will be copying emails from the same email addresses, but with each hosted on different servers. Once both accounts are added you will see them both on the left menu of your email client:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"email-trns1\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Making the Transfer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. To begin the transfer process, highlight all the emails you want to transfer.\u00a0 You can highlight them by clicking on \u201cEdit<\/strong>\u201d in the menu bar and then \u201cSelect All<\/strong>\u201c:
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  2. Right click on the email messages. In Thunderbird, mouse over \u201cCopy To<\/strong>\u201d and then select the inbox you want to copy the emails. Remember this will be the email account set up with InMotion Hosting:
    \"email-trns03\"<\/a>
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  3. Once you click on the folder you want the emails moved to, a transfer will begin. It will display at the bottom of the page so you know it is copying:
    \"email-trans2\"<\/a>
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  4. Finally, you can click on the new inbox to make sure the emails are transferred. You can confirm the emails were copied by simply checking the inboxes of both accounts. The emails in each account should be identical. You can check both the old and new accounts to confirm the process was successful:
    \"transfer5\"<\/a>
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    If your emails show in the inbox on our server the transfer was complete!\u00a0 Depending on the number of emails this can take anywhere from a few minutes to hours. You can also confirm that the emails copied by logging into webmail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If you had email hosting from a previous hosting provider it is likely you had an email account. You can transfer those emails to your InMotion Hosting account. There are different ways to migrate your existing emails. One way to configure the accounts in an email client and copy the emails to our servers. 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