Hmmm....sounds like a lot of work.  Maybe I will just stay with POP.  
Thanks for the help.

Brad

> It is a manual process.  You create the accounts in your favorite
> clients for the IMAP server.  Create the directories that you now have
> locally on the IMAP server.  Then copy blocks of messages to the server
> from your local message store.  If you have a lot of messages it will
> take a long time, but it only has to be done once.
> 
> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 10:45, Brad Crotchett wrote:
> > I am thinking about moving my mail clients over to IMAP from POP, but I
> > have a few concerns.  I have heard that you lose all of the mail that is
> > currently in your mail client.  Is that true?  I have 2 1/2 years of
> > mail sorted in my client at work, and I don't want to lose those
> > messages.  
> > 
> > Can I start with my mail client at work Outlook) and have the server use
> > it as a template for folders and then synchronize my home client (Ximian
> > Evolution) to the server?
> > 
> > Are there any other things to expect when migrating?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Brad
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> Jason D. Runyan
> USDA NITC KC
> Mid-Range Systems
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