how to move emails ?

how to move emails ?

I am thinking of moving my site from one hosting company to another. I
am told that I cannot move the web based mail that I have and that I
will lose all my emails. Is this true ?

Can anyone pls suggest how this can be done, if at all ?


Thanks
Ayesha Hill

On May 3, 11:47 pm, ayeshah...@gmail.com wrote:
> how to move emails ?
> Thanks
> Ayesha Hill

Hi:
In a sense it is true as emails are stored in different formats
depending on the email software being used (imap, qmail, sendmail
etc). But, if your email provider gives you POP access (ask
specifically for POP access), then you have a lot of options:
1. The best thing you could do is to download all your emails to free
Google's Gmail. In Gmail, go to Account settings and add your existing
POP account details and voila - you are all set.
2. You can also create multiple personalities in Gmail so that your
sent email will have your domain data.
3. Gmail provides up to 2GB of data and also allows POP3 access. This
means you can use a local email client (like MS Outlook or Outlook
express - my preference is free Thunderbird and there are other free
email clients as well).
4. This means that you can keep your emails archived in Gmail, use
your local email client for immediate access - best of both worlds.
If you need more help, email me at: info at adinxight.com - I will be
happy to guide you through this ...and if you need a gmail account,
email me.

Best of luck...

Regards

Norman
AdInxight.com - Free hosted Internet Marketing for life (offer until
30th June 2007)