You’ll need to contact your previous host to find out the server name of your previous server. You should reference your Account Management Panel for the exact server name. Your hostname for Inmotion Hosting may look something like. Using a server’s hostname instead of ensures we are connecting to the correct servers. either points to InMotion Hosting or your previous server, not both. For example, the average user will use as their incoming and outgoing server name. When configuring the accounts, use your servers’ hostnames as the incoming and outgoing mail servers. For this example, we will set up an email account in Thunderbird. We have articles on how to set up different clients linked within our email configuration guide. You can read more in-depth information in our Getting Started guide. Next, set up a new email account but with the account pointed to our servers. Make sure this is done before you cancel your hosting with your previous provider or you will lose your emails. It’s important to set up your old email hosting in your email client as an IMAP account. Next, open your preferred email client such as Thunderbird. How do I transfer my emails using Thunderbird?īefore we get started you will need to create an email account in cPanel. Other clients such as Outlook have the same basic functionality.

We are going to show you how to do this using the Thunderbird email client. One way to configure the accounts in an email client and copy the emails to our servers. There are different ways to migrate your existing emails. You can transfer those emails to your InMotion Hosting account. If you had email hosting from a previous hosting provider it is likely you had an email account.

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