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To do this, you must first create the new folder in your IMAP account that will receive the messages. Unfortunately, the only remedy is to manually move messages one (or a few) at a time. The text may differ slightly from one mail program to another but the essence of the message will be that the mail cannot be moved. If you are unable to move a folder because the mail it contains is corrupted or not formatted correctly for the server, you may receive a warning like the following. You can also check your quota using the method described above on page one.

After you have moved each folder, you should click on the “get mail” icon (or “send/receive” in Outlook) to see whether you’ve received a quota warning.

Be sure to open a few messages that may contain attachments to confirm whether the attachments will open. When you feel comfortable they are the same, it is safe to delete the folder in your local folders.

After the folder has been successfully copied to your IMAP account, you can compare its contents to the copy that remains in your local folders.

Depending on how much mail is in the folder you moved, the time it takes to create the new folder and copy its contents may be brief or may take several seconds.

Doing so will start transferring a copy of the folder. Now it is safe to release the mouse button.

When you are directly over the name of your IMAP account, the name will highlight (darken).

If it fails to scroll you may have to move the folder in stages. In the example above, the IMAP account is called NOTE: If the folders are very far apart you can move the mouse to the top of (or bottom) until the list starts to scroll.

With the mouse button still held down, carefully move the folder to the name of your account (which typically appears above your first IMAP mail folder).

With the folder name highlighted, click on it once more but do not release the mouse button.

This is usually sufficient to highlight the folder in the list of folders.

Start by clicking once on the folder name.

Moving only selected messages is described below in the Problems? section. You can move a folder back to your local folders if you change your mind. However, ITS recommends you copy your local folders first to Gmail and then compare the folders in your client and Gmail to ensure the local folders have all been copied. It assumes you wish to move the entire content of a mail folder. MS Outlook), a “move folder” feature exists, which makes the process very easy.

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Regardless of the client software you use, the process of moving a folder is essentially the same.

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Moving Your Local Mail to Gmail How to move a folder You can easily determine your exact quota usage by logging in to your Gmail account and then look to the bottom of the screen. Gmail provides 40 gigabytes (GB) of storage, which should accommodate most peoples’ needs.

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In Mac Mail your local folders will appear at the top of your list of folders and may be in a section labeled “On My Mac”. NOTE: In Microsoft Outlook, the local folders are called Personal Folders and appear at the top of the list of folders. The folders are located only on the hard drive of your computer and are therefore not visible when you login to the Hamilton web mail server. These are the folders in which you may have stored old mail, excess mail or mail you don’t need to see when you are away from campus. These are typically referred to as your IMAP folders. Thunderbird) and will also appear on the mail server. These are the folders that appear in your client software (e.g. It resides strictly on the hard drive of your computer.Įxample: Thunderbird (Windows & Macintosh) Local folders are typically used to store old mail, excess mail or mail you don’t need to access when you are away from campus. Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail) and do not appear when you login to the Hamilton mail server. By “local” we mean mail folders that are listed only in your client software (e.g.

This document explains in general terms how to move “local” mail folders onto the mail server.

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