Comments on: How to use IMAPSize to backup and restore your IMAP email account

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:46:39 +0000

I tried using both MailStore and IMAPSize to move mail from one server to another. In the past when I had to do this I did it using Thunderbird by creating an additional mail account and then dragging folders from the old account to the new account, which actually works quite well.

With MailStore I was quite impressed with the archive feature, however I wasn’t too impressed with the export feature. Every time I tried to export, instead of restoring everything into the original folder structure it kept creating it’s own folder structure. When I tried to move everything to the correct structure I ran into account size limits which messed everything up. Hence I ended up abandoning the use of Mail Store.

IMAPSize, while more basic than MailStore, worked quite well for me. I was able to easily download my email from one account and upload it to the new account while keeping the identical folder structure. One thing I did notice is that all messages in the new account were marked as new. I don’t recall this being the case when using either Thunderbird or MailStore.

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:31:55 +0000

Bob,
you save my ass !!! I used to have a lot of problems with imapsize.
mailstore is far away from imapsize.
thanks for your advice.
we love you!

By: Bob Lancaster

Bob Lancaster — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:40:10 +0000

After attempting to use IMAPsize with limited success I decided to look to see if there was something else out there that did a similar job. i found this: MailStore http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home.aspx

It’s free for personal use and it works great! I was able to archive all my existing user account off my old service provider and then export them into the my newly created account on Arvixe.

By: Patrick Gaul

Patrick Gaul — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:07:11 +0000

This is very nice. I did (and do) wonder at which point one decides where the backup will be stored (my process is still underway… so I don’t know).

Also, I’d like to see some discussion of how this backup is restored to a new different email account, which is what I’m doing… transferring from one hosting service to another…

Thanks… guess I’ll wait until the process finishes to see what happens!