Thanks Patrick. This looks straight forward enough. I especially like the idea of dragging the folder from POP to IMAP. There doesn't appear to be a requirement to "import".
Just FYI, the provider is runbox. I like them a lot. I'm using their IMAP now and it works great. Thx Reid On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 19:21 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 13:37 -0400, Reid Vail via evolution-list > wrote: > > Hello group > > > > My wife has an Evolution mailbox configured as POP3. I want to > > convert > > this implementation over to IMAP. Can I backup her mail via the > > Evolution backup tool (1G+), wipe out that mailbox, recreate it > > under > > the same mailbox name and address as IMAP, and import the mail from > > the > > backup? > > Will that work? > > No. The backup tool will restore the same mail structure it backed > up. > It's just a compressed archive. > > "Converting" to IMAP is a misnomer. IMAP and POP are mail access > protocols, so what you need to do is fetch mail using IMAP rather > than > POP. > > Here are some outline instructions off the top of my head. Test > carefully before deleting anything, and if you're unsure of anything > than use the backup tool as a safeguard before making changes. > > It would be helpful to know what mail provider this is, but in any > case > the first issue is to find out if they support IMAP. Assuming they > do, > go to Edit->Preferences->Mail Accounts and disable mail fetching for > the POP account. Then create a new mail account in Evolution using > the > same name and account details as for the POP version, but obviously > changing the access method to IMAP. > > Now you want to convert the old POP mail to IMAP. There are two > cases: > > 1. Mail which is still on the server, either because it has not > yet > been fetched or because the POP configuration included "leave > on > server", should (in theory) be immediately visible in the IMAP > account with no conversion required. Of course YMMV because > server > implementations may have their own quirks. > 2. Mail which had previously been fetched and is stored locally > can be > simply dragged to the new account structure. Optionally, you > may > want to create a new structure on the IMAP server and upload > the > mail to it, which can be done in a similar way. > > If the POP account had filters, e.g. for sorting into local folders, > they will need to be recreated to use IMAP folders. You should also > consider whether you want to enable off-line access for some folders, > because otherwise the mail will stay on the IMAP server. > > Once that's all done, you can delete the POP account configuration in > Evo. > > Hope I haven't forgotten anything obvious (or obscure). Feel free to > ask if you have any doubts. > > poc > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
