{"id":4722,"date":"2021-11-03T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:19:45","slug":"how-to-manually-migrate-email-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-manually-migrate-email-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Manually Migrate Email Accounts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-manually-migrate-email-accounts\/#connect_to_the_old_server_and_download\" >Connect to the Old Server and Download<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-manually-migrate-email-accounts\/#connect_to_the_new_server_and_copy\" >Connect to the New Server and Copy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-manually-migrate-email-accounts\/#conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Email messages will already be transferred as part of the normal migration process if you transfer a website between servers using the normal migration process. But if you are&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-migrate-a-website-with-no-control-panel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">migrating the sites manually<\/a>, you may be wondering how to get the email accounts and messages transferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to do this is likely by using a mail client such as&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/thunderbird\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thunderbird<\/a>. If you prefer a different mail client, it is expected to have similar functionality, but these instructions will be specific to Thunderbird.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-shortcode kb-shortcode_warning\">\n                    <div class=\"kb-shortcode-icon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-exclamation-triangle fa-2x\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"kb-shortcode-content_warning\">Note that to perform email migration manually, you will need to have enough free space in your computer to store all of the emails in the account twice.<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"connect_to_the_old_server_and_download\"><\/span>Connect to the Old Server and Download <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us first download the messages from the old server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Open<\/strong> <strong>Thunderbird<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on the <strong>Local<\/strong> <strong>Folders<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on <strong>Email<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account-1024x459.jpg\" alt=\"navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account\" class=\"wp-image-4728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account-1536x689.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-to-create-new-email-account-2048x918.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Enter<\/strong> the <strong>required<\/strong> <strong>information<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full<\/strong> <strong>Name<\/strong>: Enter the full name for the email account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong> Address: Enter the email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Password<\/strong>: Enter the password of the email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-continue-thunderbird-server-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"click-on-continue-thunderbird-server\" class=\"wp-image-4724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-continue-thunderbird-server-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-continue-thunderbird-server-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-continue-thunderbird-server-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-continue-thunderbird-server-1536x1013.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-continue-thunderbird-server.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <em>(Optional)<\/em> If the system doesn&#8217;t fetch the IMAP and the SMTP details of the server, <strong>click<\/strong> on <strong>Configure<\/strong> <strong>Manually<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Enter<\/strong> the <strong>SMTP<\/strong>, <strong>IMAP<\/strong> details manually if it doesn&#8217;t sync it automatically \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on <strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-configure-manually-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"click-on-configure-manually\" class=\"wp-image-4723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-configure-manually-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-configure-manually-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-configure-manually-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-configure-manually-1536x1013.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/click-on-configure-manually.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manually-configure-the-email-account-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"manually configure the email account\" class=\"wp-image-4727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manually-configure-the-email-account-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manually-configure-the-email-account-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manually-configure-the-email-account-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manually-configure-the-email-account.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Congratulations! You have successfully configured the email account (old server), and in the background, thunderbird will start syncing (Downloading) the available data from the server (old).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/old-email-configured-properly--1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"old email configured properly\" class=\"wp-image-4730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/old-email-configured-properly--1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/old-email-configured-properly--300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/old-email-configured-properly--768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/old-email-configured-properly--1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/old-email-configured-properly-.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Finally, <strong>click<\/strong> on <strong>Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/finally-click-on-finish-old-email-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"finally click on finish old email\" class=\"wp-image-4726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/finally-click-on-finish-old-email-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/finally-click-on-finish-old-email-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/finally-click-on-finish-old-email-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/finally-click-on-finish-old-email-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/finally-click-on-finish-old-email.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Depending on the size of the messages (emails) and the internet connection, it will take time for the download. Once it has been done, you should be able to see the emails, directories, attachments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"connect_to_the_new_server_and_copy\"><\/span>Connect to the New Server and Copy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Using the same method described above, configure the Email Account (New Server) on the Thunderbird email client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-1024x459.jpg\" alt=\"navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-scaled\" class=\"wp-image-4729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-1536x689.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/navigate-to-thunderbird-mail-2048x918.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/add-new-email-account-under-thunderbird-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"add new email account under thunderbird\" class=\"wp-image-4739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/add-new-email-account-under-thunderbird-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/add-new-email-account-under-thunderbird-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/add-new-email-account-under-thunderbird-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/add-new-email-account-under-thunderbird-1536x784.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/add-new-email-account-under-thunderbird.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. At the time of configuration, if you encounter with <strong>SSL<\/strong> <strong>warning<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on <strong>Confirm<\/strong> <strong>Security<\/strong> <strong>Exception<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ssl-warning-security-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"ssl-warning-security-thunderbird\" class=\"wp-image-4742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ssl-warning-security-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ssl-warning-security-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ssl-warning-security-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ssl-warning-security.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. To copy emails, <strong>select<\/strong> the <strong>emails<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Right<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>click<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on the <strong>Email<\/strong> <strong>Account<\/strong> (New Server) \u2192 <strong>Select<\/strong> the <strong>Directory<\/strong> (Inbox, Spam, Junk, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account\" class=\"wp-image-4743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/right-click-select-emails-click-on-copy-new-email-account.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. It will take some time, depending on the system&#8217;s performance. Now, you should see all the copied emails by clicking on the New Server email account. The system will also sync the copied emails on the server (new).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"proof of copied email on the new server\" class=\"wp-image-4744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/proof-of-copied-email-on-the-new-server.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <strong>For<\/strong> the <strong>directories<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Right<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>click<\/strong> on <strong>Inbox<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on <strong>New<\/strong> <strong>Folder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-sub-folder-thunderbird-1-1-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"create sub folder thunderbird\" class=\"wp-image-4747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-sub-folder-thunderbird-1-1-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-sub-folder-thunderbird-1-1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-sub-folder-thunderbird-1-1-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-sub-folder-thunderbird-1-1-1536x784.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-sub-folder-thunderbird-1-1.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <strong>Enter<\/strong> the <strong>name<\/strong> <strong>for<\/strong> <strong>Folder<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Click<\/strong> on <strong>Create<\/strong> <strong>Folder<\/strong>. Also, you can select the parent folder to create a sub folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-new-sub-folder-click-on-it-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"create new sub folder click on it\" class=\"wp-image-4746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-new-sub-folder-click-on-it-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-new-sub-folder-click-on-it-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-new-sub-folder-click-on-it-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-new-sub-folder-click-on-it.jpg 1433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Using the <strong>2nd<\/strong>, <strong>3rd<\/strong>, <strong>4th<\/strong> steps, you can copy the respective emails available under the sub folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/copy-sub-folder-emails-to-the-new-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"copy sub folder emails to the new\" class=\"wp-image-4748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/copy-sub-folder-emails-to-the-new-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/copy-sub-folder-emails-to-the-new-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/copy-sub-folder-emails-to-the-new-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/copy-sub-folder-emails-to-the-new-1536x759.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/copy-sub-folder-emails-to-the-new-2048x1011.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>8. If you have cPanel based email account, you can verify whether the emails got synced correctly with the server or not by logging into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/webmail-hosting\">webmail<\/a>. For us, you can see below the emails got adequately synced with the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/migrated-emails-webmail-905x1024.jpg\" alt=\"migrated emails webmail\" class=\"wp-image-4750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/migrated-emails-webmail-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/migrated-emails-webmail-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/migrated-emails-webmail-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/migrated-emails-webmail-1358x1536.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/migrated-emails-webmail.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are a lot of messages, Thunderbird may take some time to copy the files between one account and another within your computer; it should show a progress message at the bottom of the window. Afterwards, click on each folder in the new account to ensure you see the messages in them. You may need to visit each folder within Thunderbird to make sure it knows to synchronize the folders. It may also help to choose \u201cGet All New Messages\u201d again from the dropdown list at the top next to the \u201cGet Messages\u201d button. The synchronization of the messages back up to the new server will, on most home connections, likely take longer than it took to download the messages from the old account since many home internet connections have slower upload bandwidth than download bandwidth. <strong>Also,using the same procedure, you can migrate multiple emails account conveniently.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve gone over how to manually migrate email accounts through Thunderbird (IMAP Method). The copied emails using above method will be synced with the server properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KnownHost offers 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, all 7 days of the week best in class technical support. A dedicated team ready to help you with requests should you need our assistance. 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