

#IPSWITCH IMAIL SERVER HOW TO#
How to Migrate Ipswitch IMail Server to MDaemon? This is also compulsory because a destination account (MDaemon) should be available for each source account (Ipswitch IMail). Please enable the IMAP settings of your both servers.Ĭreate MDaemon Accounts: Setup MDaemon for your business domain and create user and admin accounts according to your need. Go to website and easily know your IMAP settings.Įnable IMAP Settings: Before transferring emails from Ipswitch IMail server to MDaemon. Hence, this is mandatory to know your IMAP Settings before starting the migration.
#IPSWITCH IMAIL SERVER INSTALL#
Reconnect the new server to the network.ĩ.) Run the Imail installer and when it asks, change the install directory to the directory where you copied the files from the current server.ġ0.) Replace the Workgroupshare.mdb file that the install just installed with the Workgroupshare.mdb from the temp location from step 7.ġ1.) Check the settings for IMail services on the new computer.Know Your IMAP Settings: This is a fully automated software that asks only Ipswitch IMail and MDaemon credentials including IMAP details. Place them in the same directory structure of your current mail server unless you changed the path(s) in the step 3.ħ.) Copy the Workgroupshare.mdb from the current to a temp location on the new server.Ĩ.) Disconnect the servers from the network and change the IP on the new server to the same IP addresses of the current server. (If you are going to use the 30 day trial on the new server to test, you can skip to step 6 and not stop the services)ĥ.) Deactivate the license by running the activation utility.Ħ.) Copy the IMail directory (and any domain directories that are not sub-directories of IMail) to new IMail server. (NOTE: If drive or path structure is going to change, you need to edit the registry to reflect this before moving forward.)Ĥ.) Stop all Imail services on the current server. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMTPD32ģ.) Copy the registry export file to the new server and import it into the registry of the new server. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\Imail

#IPSWITCH IMAIL SERVER 64 BIT#
(NOTE: If moving from/to a 64 Bit OS, you must use the 32 bit registry editor)Ģ.) Using the Registry Editor, export of the following two registry keys: (If you need to test the new install before activating, you will want to download and use a 30-Day Evaluation copy of IMail until you are ready to activate the new server.)ġ.) On the current IMail server, shut down all of the running IMail services and exit from IMail Administrator. Please See: ACTIVATE/DEACTIVATE IMail 10.0 or newer. NOTE: You MUST deactivate IMail on the old server before you can activate it on the new server. Note: If IMail is already installed on the machine you are moving to, both machines should have the same version of IMail installed. If you use IMail Anti-Virus, install it after step 11 below.
