I've switched someone to an IMAP account from pop after they started using another Mac. Outlook Mac 2011 on this older mac has been having problems opening occasionally and freezing on the "Identity.." while opening. The OS has issues itself and I've done
all the typical maintenance efforts. I've managed to get it open sometimes by starting in safe boot and run DB repair utility so it's not totally corrupted. The identity file is 40 GB so problems are inevitable.
Since exporting the olm froze Outlook I resorted to creating an IMAP account and copying folders from the POP account into it. Recently alot of the emails disappeared from the server folders so I went back and repeated that process. I also copied each folder
to a desktop folder making .mbox files of them as a backup. Upon importing these folders I noticed .mbox files don't retain subfolder emails and also lose attachments in the emails it does keep.
This causes a problem since some of the folders are no longer in the pop account to drag and drop to the IMAP. Yes I had to delete some regrettably due to the enormous amount of folders. No point in importing .mbox and .eml since they don't keep attachments.
I'm currently trying to export the OLM again from a backed up pop copy but don't have my hopes up. Just looking for advice on how to get these pop folders, sub-folders and emails back into the imap account with the attachments and email body in original condition.
mbox and .eml have been useless.
Thanks
I use Outlook for mac 2012 with the latest update – 14.2.4. I also use the latest OS on mac - version 10.8.2. Until a few weeks ago, I had an IMAP account with godaddy. I deleted the IMAP account and created a POP account because it started downloading
old messages. Now the same issue has re-occurred with the POP account. This is quite frustrating especially when I have old 22,000 messages downloading again. PLEASE HELP URGENTLY
Hi,
My Gmail account used to be a POP account for years and synchronised perfectly with all my other POP accounts in my archives folders, respecting all Rules.
Suddenly all went crazy and I had to delete my gmail acc. and create a new one.
But it self creates as an IMAP account and makes a mess of all my set-up. It is trying to reload over 15,000 old emails that are already saved in my archives folders on my general "On My Computer" account.
Is is possible to re-create my Gmail acc. as a POP account and how ?
I hope all this makes sense and is clear enough.
Thanks for advice as it is really bothering me.
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