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Email Importer

Email Importer

Panel path: Email Accounts → Email Importer

Migrate mailbox data from another provider into your CWP hosting account using the panel importer wizard.

Understanding Email Importer

The importer connects to your old IMAP/mail host and copies messages into mailboxes already created on this server.

Understanding Email Importer
Live screenshot: Email Importer wizard.

Before you import

  1. Create the destination mailboxes in Email Accounts (same addresses if possible).
  2. Lower old-provider rate limits if any; keep source passwords handy.
  3. Take a mailbox backup if the old host offers export.

Running an import

  1. Open Email Accounts → Email Importer.
  2. Enter the source (old) server hostname, protocol (usually IMAP), username (full email), and password.
  3. Select the destination mailbox on this CWP account.
  4. Start the job and wait — large mailboxes can take hours. Do not delete the old account until you verify counts and recent folders.
  5. After import, test Roundcube / Outlook, then update MX/SPF if you are switching mail delivery to this server.
Notes

  • Switch MX only after the new mailboxes work — otherwise new mail can bounce or go to the wrong host during migration.

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