Overview

This article will guide you through importing email from an external IMAP server onto your subscription with Conetix.
This article is suitable for VPS and shared hosting customers and assumes the source inbox is not pointed to Conetix

Instructions

  1. log into your Conetix Control Panel
  2. On the left-hand side Click Mail:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
  3. Double check the email address you’d like to import email into exists.
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
    If it does not exist you should create the inbox
  4. Next go back to Websites & Domains for the subscription:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
  5. Click Mail then Mail Importing:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
  6. Click Import Mail Messages:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
  7. Enter the account email address you are migrating from.
  8. Input the password of the email address you are migrating from.
  9. Select your destination email from the drop down:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
  10. Click OK.
  11. If prompted that the server could not validate SSL/TLS, click Continue Anyway:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer
  12. Your mail will now be importing!
  13. Once the import is complete you can point the MX record to Conetix at your DNS host.
  14. Once email is pointed to Conetix you can click re-sync to copy any emails that may have been delivered to the source inbox while DNS was propagating to your changes:
    moving email to conetix via mail importer

If you’re ever unsure about importing emails please contact our friendly support team for assistance!

Was this article helpful?

Related Articles