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Joe_Butterfield
Feb 11, 2025Copper Contributor
Changing email providers, Can I just change server settings
We own 2 domains, mkchambers.net and mkchambers.com. Mkchambers.net is hosted at company A mkchambers.com is hosted at company B. Our email is hosted at company A, so our email addresses are ***@mkch...
Joe_Butterfield
Feb 12, 2025Copper Contributor
CallThatGirl2
I guess I should have added that our Outlook is the 2019 desktop version, it is not the 365 version and is setup as IMAP. We've already talked with company B and they said they will not migrate our emails from company A. What we are thinking is since our email addresses will not change, we can change the server settings and when Outlook connects to company B's email server our Outlook will sync and all of the emails on our computers will upload to company B's email server. And yes, we will be backing up our Outlook files before we start just in case.
- LisaHendricksonFeb 12, 2025Brass Contributor
Yep, that might work, test it on one pc and just keep in mind, syncing up will take a long time the first time.
Keep me updated!