Export from Zimbra to new mail client

[pdavidson]

I have been using yahoo mail for a long time and recently have been using zimbra desktop and have stored thousands of messages in folders in my yahoo mail over the years. I am moving to a new mail client and would like to be able to export everything and then import it into the new mail client.

I was looking at the export feature but it creates a gzip file which outlook will not import. I would like to keep all of my folders with emails intact and just be able to export them from zimbra to outlook.

I saw you could do single folders, but I have over 250 folders...

Any ideas how to achieve this?

Thanks

[elkin]

Originally Posted by pdavidson

I have been using yahoo mail for a long time and recently have been using zimbra desktop and have stored thousands of messages in folders in my yahoo mail over the years. I am moving to a new mail client and would like to be able to export everything and then import it into the new mail client.

I was looking at the export feature but it creates a gzip file which outlook will not import. I would like to keep all of my folders with emails intact and just be able to export them from zimbra to outlook.

I saw you could do single folders, but I have over 250 folders...

Any ideas how to achieve this?

Thanks

Hi, I am having the same issue! Did you get any responses yet? This is a huge issue, and I am not sure there is any resolution for it, unless a) Yahoo provides IMAP access to the mail, or b) there is a custom app created to handle this.

Just so you know, I've done TONS of research on this, and so far, there are only 2 options I have found:
1) Use ypops to get it done.
2) use izymail to get it done.

However, I don't trust either of those two options with my very personal email, so, have been waiting for Yahoo to give us access to our own email! Any thoughts, or ideas???

[pdavidson]

I have been doing a lot of research also, and so far haven't got a solution yet. I wish as you said yahoo would give us imap access... zimbra has it, but we can't do it from any other client...

If we could I could move the data easy!

If you or anyone else hears anything let me know, I will do the same.

Thanks

[elkin]

Thanks! Will do! And I will keep searching!

[elkin]

Hey Mr. Davidson, I think I found a solution!!!

Actually, someone else found it...but, I haven't tried it yet because my email is still downloading off of my yahoo account, but, maybe you can try it out too...as I will later, when my account finishes downloading! From the simple logic of it, and being fairly technical myself, I think it will work! I can't wait to try after my email finishes downloading!

This is the solution, I found it in the Zimbra forum...at this link:
Copy or Batch Forward email messages between two accounts within Zimbra Desktop

Solution: I have two accounts... 1 Free Yahoo Email and 1 Yahoo Small Business Email. I am using the Zimbra Desktop to access both accounts. My goal was to move a few of the folders from my free account to my business account.
On the Zimbra Desktop, I went to Options >> Import/Export on my free account

I exported the folders I wanted (use advanced settings to select just mail if you don't need tasks, etc) one at a time. Then, I selected the business account and imported the files.

After a quick imap sync to Yahoo, everything was just how I wanted it!!!