How to Move Email Messages to Another Account

[@jcorbin9193]

FIVE Stars for this video! I needed to quickly move all my emails and folders of 20+ years from my previous service provider without forwarding them s-l-o-w-l-y. I felt moss growing under my feet while doing that and thought "there HAS to be a better way!" I've been searching for just the right one that cut to the chase and this is it! You hit everything on point and was succinct so I could follow along and get 3 emails into one place, that is now Thunderbird rather than Outlook! Not that Outlook is bad, it's not, but I use my computer for work and my personal business and other items so I certainly don't want them all comingled. But now, if I so choose, I can drag/drop from one to the other! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@pjjjsampang]

Didn't you have any problem with the huge amount? I seem not to see the oldest ones. It shows I have 9000+ emails. Now I am trying to weed out the newer junk mails. I could not see for some reason the oldest ones from 2013. Any suggestions?

[@susanjuris3417]

Complicated

[@kristineb9924]

Was your ISP acct closed after you moved email to Thunderbird? If so, we're you able to view your emails in Thunderbird even after your old ISP acct was closed? Or did you need to save to a local folder/device?

[@jcorbin9193]

@@kristineb9924 It actually was closed before by someone who cancelled the Cox service without informing me. I went to Cox and told them the situation and they reactivated the account for me and gave me 30 days to move them all. I moved them successfully to Gmail.

[@justalittlevoice]

This was the only way I could migrate my e-mails from one Outlook account to another. The Outlook app is a pain in the neck and doesn't even let you move or delete folders. Your video was really helpful.

[@rickSanchez1975]

Amazing! Thank you for this video! I was banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how I was going to move my clients' email.

[@ChamilaWarathenna]

Excellent content - Thanks a lot Mr. Leo (y)

[@dontrez8412]

That was a very in-depth explanation of this process. Thank you. I think the Thunderbird method is probably the way to go for me since I have quite a few folders to account for.

[@xybersurfer]

this is great! exactly what i was looking for. thanks

[@daveturnbull7221]

Been a big fan of Thunderbird for years and always recommend it to folks. Using Thunderbird to move your messages about is seriously fast and easy. I've moved thousands of emails this way several times. Yes, the issue of contacts not being as easy to move is a pain but In my opinion not a 'end of the world' style one. As you said, the most vital info (name & email address) does tend to go across quite well and the rest can always be tidied up manually in slow time if you have a full csv from your old provider.

[@Note-dy6yd]

Thanks Leo, your voice is very low but the advertise between are louder. Generally what is a good way to make laptop become louder?

[@jamiewiatowski311]

thank you. your videos are very informative.

[@StephenNwadikeStudio]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@kennycraddock]

Great video Leo!

[@supriyochatterjee4095]

Great information Sir

[@wfmontgomery]

Excellent video!

[@infotruther]

Can you do a video on csv and contacts? Ty

[@leoli5163]

Thanks Leo!

[@ncrdisabled]

how do you move one without a imap ?

[@kayplayforth9007]

Great Advice Leo 👏👏👏👏🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲

[@salehalsayed6048]

Hello Leo I really want to thank you; with great appreciation to your clear explanations, I moved all my emails from on gmail account into another. All mails were moved but after completion I found only some of the email in my new account (344 out of about 3500). Any help?

[@rodkayephotographyl.l.c.455]

Thanks for the video, Leo! I have a tougher question: what about moving emails from a private personal email address to another email host but with the same personal email address?

[@askleonotenboom]

That does get a little tricker. I'd be tempted to 1) download all from old, using IMAP. Switch the service being used (I assume you're just moving your email processing from one host to another -- that can take a day or so to "settle", so I'd probably add a delay here before doing the next step.) Then reconfigure the email program to the new provider, and ideally everything will upload. I say "ideally" because I've never done this exact one before. For safety I might, after downloading everything, move it all to local folders not associated with any account. Then when the new server is set up, move all the email back and it should upload. I shouldn't need to say it but I will anyway: back up. Often.

[@rodkayephotographyl.l.c.455]

@@askleonotenboom Thank you Leo! I truly appreciate your response and will give this a shot...

[@buddysmith7080]

This is a great video. Thank you. Can you help me with a different problem. I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. Emails that are being sent to my online account are being re-directed to a Gmail account. I don't have forwarding on and can't seem to stop this. Can you direct me to a video that address this? Thanks

[@kanzetech]

thanks bro ,you save me

[@SuzanneLuccieanno-Augat]

I am new to thunderbird - trying to move over a lot of emails... is there a limit to the number of emails you can move over ... having problems .. I am using a Mac ... help please

[@excelrange4246]

Wow!!! Awesome!!!

[@देवराजइंद्र-ख9ड]

I wish this video should had published 3 months ago. ! (Lost My 1200+ Important Mails Just Like Farts In Thin Air)

[@kristineb9924]

My ISP email is being shut down by the provider. I have installed Thunderbird & synced via IMAP, to my original email. Now that my folders/emails are accessible on Thunderbird, will I be able to view my old emails forever, even after the old ISP acct is closed? Or do they need to be downloaded to PC, flash drive etc to keep & view forever?

[@askleonotenboom]

They should remain available.

[@davidlee3203]

Hey leo what if i had a game using my Old email account would i still have to use my old email account to sign in to my game or it doesnt work like that?

[@askleonotenboom]

Depends entirely on the specific game.

[@excelrange4246]

Can I delete the email account emptied into the other email account

[@Devon-h5t]

Can you please tell me how to completely block someone from sending an email on Gmail? I can block but it still comes through in the spam mail. Please help & thank you for your time and shares

[@askleonotenboom]

There's no way to prevent someone from sending you can email. Best you can do is set up a filter that auto-deletes it when it arrives.

[@Vanguardsman]

Hi, Leo. Ths method worked great for a time. But now I get this Yahoo mesage every day: "UID Fetch Server Error: Please try again later." Any ideas? Thanks.

[@askleonotenboom]

Try again later? They may be rate-limiting downloads.

[@johM21]

What type of mic you used?

[@askleonotenboom]

AT2020Plus

[@cottagekeeper]

How do I accomplish this if I have email associated with my domain and I am moving my domain to another web hosting provider?

[@askleonotenboom]

If email is handled by your web host, then 48 hours (or so) after the switch, reconfigure your email program to the new configuration for that web host. Nothing really needs to be "moved", you just need to start picking them up from the new location. (48 hours because it can take 48 hours for email to stop going to the old host and start arriving at the new.)

[@kelseystark4864]

What happens when you consistently get an error message when trying to use the IMAP configurations that says configuration could not be verified? All credentials are accurate and I keep getting this error regardless of the machine I'm working on. I have not disabled the configuration to my knowledge and it's a private email account I'm trying to switch. Any advice on that problem?

[@askleonotenboom]

Depends on the email program you're using, and the email service you're trying to connect to.

[@RaccoonFederation007]

Would going from yahoo to Gmail. Would this work

[@askleonotenboom]

Should

[@RaccoonFederation007]

@@askleonotenboom this would need to be done on a desktop like you showed . Not on mobile

[@askleonotenboom]

@@RaccoonFederation007 Definitely

[@pjjjsampang]

Is Thunder Bird free and secure?

[@askleonotenboom]

yes.

[@pjjjsampang]

@@askleonotenboom thank you for sharing your expertise!

[@pjjjsampang]

How can I arrange the emails from oldest to newest in Thunderbird? I have thousands and just need the older ones. It's also pretty hard to scroll if you have this much emails. The small view of each account in Thunderbird is restrictive to select if you have so much emails. I'm thinking about deleting the newer ones but that kinda defeats the purpose of trying to simplify the process.

[@askleonotenboom]

@@pjjjsampang Click on the data column header to sort by data. If it's the wrong order, click the column header again to reverse the sort.

[@pjjjsampang]

@@askleonotenboom thank you!