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Mail.app: POP3 to IMAP
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Jul 1, 2007, 08:17 PM
 
As the title suggests I want to move from POP3 mail to IMAP. Looking for a better "sync" experience with my iPhone and the accounts.

I'm trying to find a way that I won't lose all of the mail I have in my accounts right now, any suggestions on how to change my existing POP3 accounts in program to IMAP and retain all of the mail I already have?

Any suggestions would be cool.

dw9
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Jul 1, 2007, 08:32 PM
 
OK, I have found my own answer.

1. Take POP3 account offline
2. Create an IMAP account to the same location
3. Drop/drop e-mails from POP3 location to IMAP that I want to keep on the server
4. Delete POP3 account
5. Sync back to iPhone

Much easier than I initially thought.

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