Restore on another server possible?

joeyates / imap-backup

Backup and Migrate IMAP Email Accounts

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Restore on another server possible? #105

Closed robdejonge closed 2 years ago

robdejonge commented 2 years ago

Because I'm having issues importing the mbox file generated by this tool into Apple Mail, due to it not understanding a properly formatted mbox it seems, I am wondering if I can create a backup with this tool, then change the server name and have it 'restore' the backup to the server?

joeyates commented 2 years ago

Hi @robdejonge

Yes, you certainly can restore to a different server or service.

First, run imap setup and add authentication to the new service.

Next, if the email address you are restoring to is different from the one that was backed up, rename the directory containing the existing backup to match the email address for the new service.

Then run imap restore -a NEW_SERVICE_EMAIL_ACCOUNT

robdejonge commented 2 years ago

Thanks