I've recently switched from using Outlook.com for my business emails to Gmail for Business.
Does anyone know how I can migrate my old emails in Outlook.com to Gmail? I can't find any import or export functions on either site.
There is mention of using TrueSwitch, but that has been deactivated. Note: I need to migrate from Outlook.COM, not the desktop Outlook. Any assistance is much appreciated. Thanks!
You can do this if you own a computer: connect both accounts to your favorite e-mail client (e.g. Mozilla Thunderbird) via IMAP, and move or copy the folders from one account to the other. You'll also need a decent connection if you have a lot of data (your e-mail client downloads the old mailbox's contents to your computer and uploads it back to the new one).
As #askchipbug says:
Install Thunderbird
Edit > Account settings
Bottom left Account actions > Add mail account
Leave configuration as IMAP (remote folders)
Repeat for your second account.
Voila - both accounts AND folders appear in Thunderbird
In your former account in Thunderbird, highlight the folders you want to copy
Drag them to your other account
Have a cup of tea while the emails/folders all copy over
Note: It may take a while for all your emails to be seen in all folders by Thunderbird...
1) install thunderbird, like the man says.
2) edit > account settings
3) Bottom left account actions > add mail account
4) here's the kicker - leave configuration as IMAP ( remote folders)
5) repeat for your second account.
6) Voila - both accounts AND folders appear in thunderbird
7) In thunderbird, highlight the folders you want to copy
8) drag them to your other account.
9) have a cuppa while the emails/folders all copy over.
note: it took a while for all my emails to be seen in all folders by thunderbird...
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I am a Lotus Notes admin, trying to fix a strange issue.
Some of the employees are getting SMTP error message while trying to execute #MailSend formula. It is strange because the same is working perfectly for the rest of the users (including me).
I created toolbar action in Lotus Notes (for different users), and wrote #MailSend formula there. Please see the error screen below:
The exactly same formula worked for most of the users, but failed for 4-5 users. Here few things to note is:
1) Destination mail system is exchange, not Lotus Domino.
2) Those users are able to send mails through outlook properly.
3) No mail file is there for any user on Lotus Domino server
4) The error message is showing 'exchange' email id of the user (i.e. test#abc.com)
Please guide me, how can I fix this issue?
Thanks
For Lotus Notes clients, make sure that File, Preferences, Mail, Internet, 'Use IBM Notes as my default e-mail program' is not checked.
Also make sure current location document doesn't have any mail file/server info there.
Check local address book, names.nsf, Connections and Accounts to see if the user added any POP or SMTP accounts during installation. Delete any that aren't part of your configuration.
It's possible the message is coming from the Exchange server since the email displayed is their Exchange address. Have the Exchange Admin check to make sure they aren't part of a reject group.
Note: this should have been a comment on the OP but I don't have enough karma here yet to add comments. So please be kind.
I am having an issue with importing my pst file back into my email account. Unfortunately my domain got deleted from my hosting company and I lost my email account as well. Luckily I had the emails on my Outlook as my email was setup as an IMAP account and I managed to back this up before activating the same email address and password.
Once I done that I then tried to import the .pst file back into my inbox and all my folders started showing up. The inbox then gets synchronised and then after 10 mins the folders and everything disappears.
I spoke to the hosting company and they spent 2 hours on a screen share without resolving and told me to get in touch with Microsoft as they think its an Outlook issue.
The file itself is a 1.4Gb file and I tried one folder at a time as well, but this disappears as well. I don't know if its because I had a IMAP account and the mails were actually stored on the server side rather than on my computer. Although I have made a backup and the size tells me its populated, I just don't now how else to resolve this.
Firstly, it does not sound like a programming question.
Secondly, try to disconnect your machine from the internet (so that IMAP does not sync), add a new PST store, and copy all folders from the IMAP store to PST.
After you sync the IMAP store, you can drag the folders back from PST to IMAP.
The problem is：
I used to have a xxx#shaw.ca accounts and have some important emails stored locally using Outlook. Right now, I am switching to another ISP, which means I can't access the old email server any more. Can I restore my old emails into another account（like gmail) or just let them show in the outlook UI?
THANK YOU for any help or hints.
If your new ISP gives you IMAP access you can easily move your email.
If you haven't yet done, configure an account with IMAP. How to do that depends on your ISP.
For gmail you should follow this Google guide.
Suppose your new ISP is Gmail.
Once you've done that, you would probably create a new folder to store your emails.
You can now select all your local emails that you want to copy/move and drag&drop into your newly folder.
Wait until it finish the copy (time depends on how fast is your connection and how heavy are all your emails).
You're done!
Is there a universal name which should be used for "Trash" messages?
E.g when testing the same email account on Thunderbird, Outlook and iPhone. When deleting a message they all move this into a different named folder.
No, the IMAP standard does not dictate the name for folders. There are some extensions used by some servers (notably GMail's XLIST) to help with this problem.
Most email clients can be reconfigured to use a different folder. For example, in Thunderbird's account settings, you can change the option "move deleted mail to [folder]". Apple Mail has a "Use this folder for Trash" menu item.
I am about to migrate all of my email accounts to using the IMAP protocol instead of the POP protocol. The problem I have is that the folders I currently have in Outlook have email in them from multiple accounts. So for instance I have a folder called 'Enquiries' which includes emails from 'enquiries#company1.com' and emails from 'enquiries#company2.com'
Is there a way to combine folders from multiple IMAP email accounts that are on my server? Or do I have to have separate folders for each account? Can I have one large 'PST' file on my server to hold all of my email accounts?
Additionally, if I open up Outlook on my laptop, will I be able to see all of my emails from the past even if I lose my internet connections? Is this what 'Idle' mode is for?
IMAP supports sharing. But folders belong to a user. So it's unusual to want to do what you have described.
If you want the mail to appear in the same folder, I'm pretty sure you will need to configure your mail server(s) to direct all incoming mail for those two addresses into the same user/folder.
PST files are not an IMAP thing - they're a proprietary Microsoft thing, so no, you can't do that with IMAP.
As for lost internet connection, this should be straight-forward for you to test. Simply disable your internet and see what happens. Try it with messages and folders that you have and haven't previously opened.
This Microsoft article about working offline makes me think that you won't be able to view existing messages.