Thanks again for the reply. You correctly understand the situation. I can explain why my IMAP account "magic" worked. As you said, I was stuffing mail in local folders, which were originally created on the first service. I created them, selected turn sync off, and put mail in there. The first host had a small limit so I had to pull down my mail.
When I migrated to my ZCS server I had already created an account with the same credentials, and I just updated my MX record to reflect the new server so nothing had to change in my account. And, since I wasn't porting in any mail, I just simply started sending and receiving with the new account. It wasn't until I attempted to push mail up that I encountered, what I'm sure you will describe as, the vast differences in mailbox architecture. That's where it all fell down and went boom. In retrospect, it's stunningly clear, but at the time I hadn't yet traced through the steps of how I arrived at the graveyard of my mail; and certainly I had little clue I was the architect.
Thanks for the explanation. May my mail's battered carcass on the side of the digital highway being a warning to others.
Thanks,
SK
P.S. Yes, I have a backup.  |