{"id":1196,"date":"2020-09-22T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/22\/4469281-how-to-migrate-emails-using-the-imap-sync-tool-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:10:14","slug":"4469281-how-to-migrate-emails-using-the-imap-sync-tool-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469281-how-to-migrate-emails-using-the-imap-sync-tool-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Migrate Emails Using the IMAP Sync Tool at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re transferring your email messages <b>from another provider to Hostinger<\/b>, follow the guide based on your situation:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Migrate emails to <b><a href=\"\/support\/5866288-how-to-migrate-emails-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Import emails to <b><a href=\"\/support\/5323082-how-to-import-emails-to-titan\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Titan Email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re moving between different providers, <b>not to Hostinger<\/b>, the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/imapsync.lamiral.info\/X\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Imapsync<\/a><\/b> tool can assist you.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">On the <b>IMAP source mailbox<\/b> to the left, add your full email address, password, and IMAP server name of the email that you want to transfer from.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/aa44dbac-fa00-4ff0-bb42-e41d4a1906a8.jpg\" alt=\"The IMAP source mailbox form\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">For the <b>IMAP destination mailbox<\/b> on the right, provide your destination email details.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/0dc9ad35-80ca-4955-87c1-32e0b80f27b9.jpg\" alt=\"The IMAP destination Mailbox form\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, click on the <b>Sync or resync <\/b>button:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/891c2a0e-7c1f-48b1-a56e-49e710f319b1.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The synchronization might take a while. <b>Keep the page open<\/b> until the process is finished to prevent any disruptions.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The IMAP Sync is limted to transfer up to 3GB. If your email account exceeds this limit, you can consider an alternative approach: create an email backup <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/how-to-backup-your-emails\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">using an email client<\/a> <\/b>and then import it into your new email account<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrating your emails using IMAP Sync<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-migration-and-backup"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469281-how-to-migrate-emails-using-the-imap-sync-tool-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4469281-comment-migrer-les-emails-en-utilisant-l-outil-imap-sync-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4469281-bagaimana-cara-migrasi-email-menggunakan-tool-imap-sync-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/4469281-kaip-perkelti-el-laiskus-naudojant-imap-sinchronizavimo-iranki-hostinger-platformoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4469281-como-migrar-e-mails-usando-o-imap-sync-no-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}