Changing hosting - keeping emails

[drdes]

I will shortly be changing my host and will be switching emails to the new host as well.

I want to make sure that I don't lose my emails. At the moment, all emails come to my Outlook on my desktop (via POP). Once I change the host, would I be correct in saying that I need to do is go into Outlook and edit the incoming/outgoing mail server details (with the new ones) and it will be seamless (I will keep the email address the same)?

Also, if I have sub-folders in Outlook (where I manually move emails from Inbox/Sent items), that should not be impacted by the above - is this correct?

I archive my outlook emails via .pst so that way I will have back-ups for all emails.

Any flaws to this plan? Also, do people have better ways of archiving old emails or is .pst the best?

Thanks

 

[locushire]

Hi,

In terms of switching the hosting, that shouldn't loose your emails since they should be saved on your computer while you load them in outlook, I'm not sure if there's an extra option you could check in Outlook for this since I use Thunderbird.

I think the sub-folders might be affected because they are saved on the server, depending on where you created them (in outlook or on your server).

All in all, just updating your POP info should see a seamless transition.

Hope that helped.

 

[drdes]

the subfolders are created in outlook. Not sure if this would cause a syncing issue with the server.

I am happy for everything in the server to remain in "Inbox" - Would changing things on my outlook (ie moving email from Inbox to a separate folder) cause problems when syncing to the host' s server?

 

[ianm10]

the subfolders are created in outlook. Not sure if this would cause a syncing issue with the server.

I am happy for everything in the server to remain in "Inbox" - Would changing things on my outlook (ie moving email from Inbox to a separate folder) cause problems when syncing to the host' s server?

Are your mail settings using pop3 or IMAP? If Pop3, you will most likely be downloading the copy and deleting from the mail server anyway, so all emails will be held in the local PST file. You can also log in via webmail to your ISP and see if any emails on their server.

Always worth taking a backup of your PST file before you make any changes

 

[Jolt.co.uk]

I will shortly be changing my host and will be switching emails to the new host as well.

I want to make sure that I don't lose my emails. At the moment, all emails come to my Outlook on my desktop (via POP). Once I change the host, would I be correct in saying that I need to do is go into Outlook and edit the incoming/outgoing mail server details (with the new ones) and it will be seamless (I will keep the email address the same)?

Also, if I have sub-folders in Outlook (where I manually move emails from Inbox/Sent items), that should not be impacted by the above - is this correct?

I archive my outlook emails via .pst so that way I will have back-ups for all emails.

Any flaws to this plan? Also, do people have better ways of archiving old emails or is .pst the best?

Thanks

This is correct. You have the emails stored locally and you can just modify the incoming/outgoing mailservers should they change. They may be mail.domain.com, in which case, no changes are needed.

Matt

 

[That Guy]

If you wanted to backup your emails just incase I think with outlook you can simply select all the emails in your inbox (outlook) and drag them to a folder on you desktop.

This is how I did it a couple of years ago

 

[BusinessAll]

you may be able to migrate your whole account to your new server..
depending on who your currently with and where your going to etc... might be worth an ask!

 

[mzone]

Check you control server panel, which you are use. There is two very popular panels which give you chance move you account to another provider, if you have a cPanel or Directadmin, create backup file and restore backup at new server (you may need help from a support to restore it), that file contain all file (as well with emails). After you restore it delegate domain to new DNS address and all new email come to new host.