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How to copy email from iMail server to @Connect using Outlook?

You may consider setup a new profile with your Outlook application to copy messages from your iMail account to your @Connect account if you have not choose the @Connect migration before 1 Dec, 2016. Please note that you cannot access to your iMail account around mid-March, 2017. You can obtain the Microsoft Outlook from your @Connect subscription, please refer to our FAQ Office 365 - How to install Microsoft Office?

A. Connect to your iMail account

  1. Quit your Outlook application if it is running
  2. Select Mail (32-bit) under the Control Panel
  3. Click Show Profiles...
  4. Select Prompt for a profile to be used if necessary
  5. Click Add... and give a new profile name e.g. Migration
  6. Select Manual setup or additional server types
  7. Select POP or IMAP
  8. Fill in your account information as shown below:
  9. Click More Settings... and then select Outgoing Server tab
  10. Select My Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication

  11. Select the Advanced tab
  12. Select TLS and port 587 for the Outgoing Server settings
  13. Click OK to close the Internet E-mail Settings window
  14. Click Next in the POP and IMAP Account Settings window to invoke the account testing
  15. If the testing tasks are completed, click Close to close the Test Account Settings window
  16. Click Finish 
  17. Click OK to close the Mail window
  18. Invoke Outlook and select the Migration profile when prompted

B. Add your @Connect account to the profile

  1. With your Outlook connected to your iMail account, add your @Connect account by select File and then Account Settings...
  2. Click New...
  3. Fill in your E-Mail account information
  4. Click Finish if your @Connect account was successfully configurated
  5. Restart Outlook and you may copy emails from your iMail account to your @Connect account by dragging the message/folder

Other References:

  1. How to set up an Exchange Account in Microsoft Outlook?
  2. Can I access to my email messages resided on the HKUST iMail server after the migration?

 

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