[Users] question concerning migrating to new server

[Paul]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 05:47:04 -0000
Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote: 

> If you did a full offline sync of your IMAP folders then you should be set.
> 
> In Claws Mail, if you don't already have an MH mailbox, create one using 
> 
> /File/Add mailbox/MH...
> 
> The default is called Mail and its file system location is ~/Mail/
> 
> >From your backup of ~/.claws-mail/imapcache/ copy the directories and  
> contents into ~/Mail/
> 
> Then in Claws Mail right-click the top-level MH mailbox folder and click
> 'Rebuild folder tree'.
> 
> Those directories and messages you copied into ~/Mail/ will now appear in
> the Claws Mail folder tree.

Then, of course, if you want the messages on your new IMAP server, use Claws
Mail to copy/move them.

with regards

Paul