If you want to change your web hosting server and if you are among those people that use Horde to manage emails by storing them into different folders then you might need to transfer those folders over to your new hosting environment before you proceed to the server migration.

What you need to do first is to download every single folder in MBOX format and then create each folder in the new Horde environment and after that import each downloaded file to its corresponding folder in the new server.

Below are the steps you should take to transfer your folders over to the new hosting server:

Exporting folders

  • Login to the Horde with your email as the username and its password
  • Navigate to “Mail” and then click on the “Folders” icon from the top bar
  • Then select the folder you want to export (one folder each time) and from the “Choose action” drop-down menu click on download folders
  • Then a window will pop up asking you to click on the OK to download that folder in a MBOX file format

Importing folders

  • Login to the Horde in you new server environment click on “Mail” and then click on the “Folders” icon from the top menu icon bar
  • From drop-down “Choose action” menu click on create folder and in the small window that pops up enter the name of your folder you want to import and finally click on OK
  • Then checkbox the new created folder and this time click on import messages from the “Choose action” drop-down menu
  • And navigate to the location where the MBOX file has been stored while you were exporting folders
    And that’s it