Migrating Pegasus Mail to GroupWise
Novell Cool Solutions: Trench
By Chris Beckett
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Posted: 5 Jun 2002 |
We are currently migrating from Pegasus Mail to GroupWise, and we needed a way of migrating messages from one to the other that was inexpensive (i.e. free!) and quick. We accomplished this using Pegasus Mail 4's IMAP function in conjunction with the IMAP capabilities of the GWIA. The best part is, this is just a message copy and the original PM message store is left intact! The steps are as follows :
- Install Pegasus Mail 4 to your local drive
- Close GroupWise, if it is open
- Start Pegasus Mail 4 in single user mode (if the option is presented)
- Go to Tools..IMAP Profiles
- Click "New" and give your profile a meaningful name, such as "GroupWise IMAP"
- In the IMAP Server Address field, put in the IP address or DNS name of your GroupWise server
- Ignore the "Server Port" and "Timeout" fields
- In the login name field, put in your GroupWise mailbox ID, which should be the same as your NDS login name , do not need to use the full NDS context, CN will do
- Input your GroupWise password into the password field
- Type it again to verify the correct spelling
- Click OK, this part is complete
- Highlight the IMAP profile you have just created and click "connect", this will create a view under your Pegasus Mailbox
- Click "Done" in the IMAP dialog
- Highlight all the messages and/or folders you wish to migrate from Pegasus
- Drag inbox messages to "new or unread mail (INBOX)", this puts them directly into your GroupWise inbox
- Drag folders to the top level of your IMAP profile, or wherever desired underneath this
- Repeat steps 14-17 as appropriate
- Close Pegasus Mail
- Open GroupWise, and your messages have been carried across!
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