Uploading email directory of old account in the same directory of the new one (migration)

kamrannorway

• October 09, 2014 19:00

Hello, I'm moving a shared account to a VPS. This VPS doesn't have enough storage to use full account backup. So, I could only get backup of the databases using cPanel tool. I'm downloading folders and files under public_html to my local computer. I also do the same for mail directory where email accounts and sent/received mails are stored. My question is can I just upload mail directory downloaded from old account, exactly to the same location in the new account, and have all email accounts, their passwords and sent/received mails same as before? Thank you

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 13, 2014 13:32

  Hello :) You will need to re-create the email accounts in cPanel before uploading the contents from the "mail" directory. Or, download the contents of the "/home/$username/etc" directory and upload that to the account in addition to the "mail" directory. Run the following command after uploading that data:
  /scripts/mailperm $username
  Thank you.

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