Copying a mailbox via IMAP

You can use the Copy mailbox tool available in the Migration section of the Control Panel to copy the contents of a local or remote mailbox to a local mailbox on your hosting account via IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol).

Follow these simple steps to copy a mailbox:

1. Log in to your hosting Control Panel, and go to the Migration section > Copy mailbox subsection.

Note: If the local mailbox is with an addon domain, make sure the correct domain is selected from the Domain drop-down menu in the Select a domain section.

2. Fill in the following details under Source IMAP account credentials:

  • E-mail account: Type the user/address of the mailbox the contents of which you want to copy, e.g. [email protected].
  • Password: Type the password of that mailbox.
  • Hostname: Type the hostname of the IMAP server, e.g. imap.remoteserver.com.

4. Under Destination mailbox, choose the domain name and e-mail account from the Domain and E-mail account drop-down menus.

5. Click on the Copy button, and allow some time for the process to complete.

A detailed log of each mailbox copy operation gets written in a directory called "imapsync" located in the /private directory of the hosting account.