Install Imail on new server.
Copy
Imail folder to new server.
Backup
Imail registry on old server, restore on new server.
The
only part that takes any time is copying Imail folder to new server.
It can
be done with no loss of mail at all if you want to be more ambitious. My
three moves have been done as described above with notice to users that the
server would be unavailable for 5 hours. Being something of a chicken,
I've done this in the wee hours of my mountain standard time morning.
Then, if I had problems, morning and Ipswitch opening time would occur on the
East Coast while my users were still in bed for the most part.
It has
never really taken 5 hours, either. I think 2 is the max.
It's
the only time not being in the same time zone comes in handy...However, I've
never needed to call Ipswitch during a move.
~Katie
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Subject: [IMail Forum] Migrating MailboxesIs there a whitepaper etc for migrating users, mailboxes and aliases from one server to another?We are moving to a new IMail server and I really don't want to have to make my users loose their mailboxes.ThanksDevin
