pop to Imap

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fibrolan
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pop to Imap

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Hi,

I have a pop account and the service provider changed the account internally on their end to be Imap. Is there a quick/backdoor way to change the account to IMAP without have to create a new account. I know I will have to change the port numbers.
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Re: pop to Imap

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The proper way to deal with that is to add a new account, using the same email address set up as IMAP. Once you have that up and running you can move any messages you have in the POP account either to the folders of the IMAP account (if they are not duplicates) or to the "Local Folders" structure of the new account. Once the old messages are accounted for you can remove the POP account.
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