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Re: [LUG] Different IP address for mail

 

Hi All

On 3 Mar 2013, at 20:11, Richard Brown wrote:

> Hi Neil
> 
> On 3 Mar 2013, at 19:57, Neil Stone wrote:
> 
>> What exactly are you trying to achieve ?
>> 
>> 
>> On 3 March 2013 19:37, Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Is it possible to redirect mail to a different ip address please? I know I can 
>> use the hosts file to redirect a url to an ip address. Can I use this technique 
>> with a mail inbox please? Thanks.
> 
> We moved email hosting from a cpanel managed server to another server with it's 
> own propriety server management software.
> 
> Emails from all accounts except one moved across fine. The problem with the one 
> account is that it had several (around 100) large emails that had not fully 
> downloaded. We are using IMAP. We can still access the emails using webmail and 
> could simply forward the emails to the new account but we would prefer if possible 
> to simply import the existing IMAP account. 
> 
> I am trying to see if there is a cpanel converter or if it is possible to download 
> mail from squirrelmail or whether it is possible to edit my hosts file so that I 
> can download all existing mail to my computer, archive them then set up the new 
> IMAP account and pull the emails back in.
> 

Looks like getmail might be my friend?

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Kind regards

Richard Brown
Youth Worker
Wild Woods Project
07747 343637
http://wild-woods.org.uk/



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