Re: [Evolution] POP to IMAP conversion

[Reid Vail <rsv869 gmail com>]

Thanks Pete

On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 19:13 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > My wife has an Evolution mailbox configured as POP3.  I want to
> > convert
> > this implementation over to IMAP.  Can I backup her mail via the
> > Evolution backup tool (1G+), wipe out that mailbox, recreate it
> > under
> > the same mailbox name and address as IMAP, and import the mail from
> > the
> > backup?  
> > Will that work?
> The POP mail is stored on the computer - even if you delete the POP
> account, the mail will still be there on the computer.
>
> So, backup the mail (for safety), delete the POP account, create the
> IMAP account, once that's all done and everything is happy, copy
> whatever mail you want from "On this computer" into the IMAP account.
>
> There's no need to remove the mailbox under "On this Computer", and
> if
> it's the Inbox, you probably shouldn't anyway as it'll just cause
> confusion later.
>
> P.
>
>
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