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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: shackleton on September 11, 2008, 06:30:26 PM

Title: way to convert IMAP Mail to POP??
Post by: shackleton on September 11, 2008, 06:30:26 PM

Hi,

When I initially setup my SME server a couple of years ago, I went with an IMAP mail format.  I've since decided that a POP format is more appropriate for our environment.  Is there a way to just simply convert my SME mail server from IMAP to POP, make the appropriate changes in my workstation's mail readers and have them download each user's stored mail for the last couple of years to each individual workstation?

Thanks,

Shackleton

I've searched, but this topic doesn't seem to have been discussed recently.

Title: Re: way to convert IMAP Mail to POP??
Post by: Stefano on September 11, 2008, 06:42:37 PM

Hi

you don't have to convert anything on your server.. it's infact a client side configuration..

change your email client access mode

HTH
ciao
Stefano

Title: Re: way to convert IMAP Mail to POP??
Post by: pfloor on September 11, 2008, 06:43:27 PM

SME is both an IMAP and POP mail server.  There is nothing to change on the server, just the clients.

Title: Re: way to convert IMAP Mail to POP??
Post by: pfloor on September 11, 2008, 06:49:33 PM

There is one consideration I just remembered before you do this.

POP only fetches the main "inbox" folder.  If a user has multiple folders on the server, you will have to create those on the POP account and copy the contents of each additional folder from the IPAM account to the POP account.

Title: Re: way to convert IMAP Mail to POP??
Post by: cactus on September 11, 2008, 07:53:16 PM

Quote from: pfloor on September 11, 2008, 06:49:33 PM

There is one consideration I just remembered before you do this.

POP only fetches the main "inbox" folder.  If a user has multiple folders on the server, you will have to create those on the POP account and copy the contents of each additional folder from the IPAM account to the POP account.

Or you could first have users synchronise all mail so they have an offline copy before switching to pop. I am still not sure if POP really is the way to go, why are you switching to POP, because users do not have their mail available offline?

Title: Re: way to convert IMAP Mail to POP??
Post by: elmarconi on September 11, 2008, 08:50:55 PM

Quote from: cactus on September 11, 2008, 07:53:16 PM

why are you switching to POP, because users do not have their mail available offline?

Thunderbird has http://kb.mozillazine.org/Offline_folders