[Hidden-tech] Moving hosting but saving e-mail?

[Daniel Fried]

A variation on this may be to use Gmail.  Gmail can set up a POP connection
to an email account and download everything.  I find this quite useful when
there may be more email than I want to handle locally, or the client wants
to continue using web-based email instead of a local client.  I use Gmail
for this because it is free and is sure to provide more space than wherever
it was stored before.

-Dan

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Rich <rich at on-the-net.com> wrote:

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> Yup - the answer is relatively simple - either they keep that account open
> or they download their email
> to a desktop client.  Sometimes, not usually they can download an export -
> that is tricky since it is tied
> to a specific type of local client that will import it -- usually MS
> outlook (express).
>
> Also, downloads are often only the inbox - not sent folders.  If they can
> connect with Imap,
> their local client will allow an export.
>
> There are many local clients - MS outlook (or express) is NOT the best
> choice,
> I'd suggest using Thunderbird (mail side of Firefox), since it has lots of
> export addon options
>
> And good think you addressed this - it probably must be done before the
> domain is switched,
> we handle 100s of domain moves and often they ask about email after they
> already have put the
> move in progress.
>
> Rich
>
> Anne Campbell wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a client who has had a Web site through GoDaddy's "Website Tonight"
>> for a couple of years. They're ready to make the move away from GoDaddy and
>> let me host the new site for them (I have a hosting reseller account). I'm
>> happy to do this for them, but not sure what will happen to their e-mail
>> when the hosting switches over. They currently use GoDaddy's Web-based
>> e-mail, so it's not like their messages are saved locally using a mail
>> client. They have a couple of years' worth of conversations that they need
>> to save, so I don't want to switch the hosting and make all of those
>> disappear. Has anyone been through this before with a client using Web-based
>> e-mail at their domain? What happens to those messages? Is there any way to
>> make sure they transfer over?
>>
>> Thanks very much -
>> Anne
>>
>>
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