Upload existing mail and contacts/address books to Mailcow

keelstrake

Hi,
Have finished the install/config of Mailcow.

Looking for how to upload existing mail and contacts/address book into the Mailcow server. There are a couple of internet searches that come up from that topic search, but it doesn’t seem that moving data into the Mailcow server is addressed. Don’t see anything in the documentation. There are a few mentions of scripting a solution.

My thinking is (was) that this wouldn’t be that unusual of an ask or capability.

Happy to go through dos or discussions that go over the how-to.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get this done?

Many thanks in advance.
Dan

DocFraggle

https://docs.mailcow.email/post_installation/firststeps-sync_jobs_migration/

This is for emails.

You have to export calendars and contacts on your old server, then you can import them via Sogo

keelstrake

Thanks DF,

Should have given more detail. Trying to get contacts and mail in my Outlook client loaded into Mailcow. Access to their server isn’t really practical.

Thanks,

Dan

DocFraggle

keelstrake Access to their server isn’t really practical.

If “their” mail server isn’t accessible from the Internet you could add your mailcow account via IMAP and just copy the mails from your existing mailbox to your mailcow mailbox.

Export your calendar as described here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/export-an-outlook-calendar-to-google-calendar-662fa3bb-0794-4b18-add8-9968b665f4e6#:~:text=Export%20your%20calendar%20from%20Outlook,level%20next%20to%20More%20Options.

You can import the file in your Sogo calendar via the the dots in the left column

Edit: same for contacts, open your contacts tab in Outlook, click File -> Save and save them as vcf file. Import them in Sogo

esackbauer

For moving contacts and calendars with Outlook, the users can also use caldav synchronizer. Then just mark everything in “their” mail server calendar/contact folder and copy it over to the mailcow contact/calendar folder.

keelstrake

Both your suggestions are appreciated. There is mine, sorry for a poor turn of phrase.

I will work on both of your solutions.

Many thanks,

Dan