POP3 & IMAP mail server upgrade
We are transitioning POP3 and IMAP email accounts to new servers between May 26, 2015 and July 14, 2015. We will transition groups of customers throughout these dates, with all customers fully migrated by the end date. We launched our new email services for POP3 and IMAP at the end of December 2014, and some users may already be using these services.
This does not apply to Exchange users.
POP3 and IMAP services are not recommended email services for business users, firstly because today users invariably want to synchronise multiple devices with email accounts, and neither POP3 nor IMAP were designed for the eventuality that business users would commonly connect up to 5 devices to individual email accounts simultaneously. Secondly, since Microsoft has moved its flagship Exchange email solution into a Cloud environment, Microsoft Exchange is available as a component of Office 365 at costs of as little as £2.50/mo. Microsoft Exchange is the solution of choice for public sector and corporate organisations, and provides reliable services that benchmark today’s expectations for email delivery. You can compare services here.
Although we are not actively selling the POP3 and IMAP solution any longer, we are providing support throughout customer renewal cycles until 2016 – 2017. New services include language translation, calendaring, and online address books.
Some preparatory work has already been undertaken, and migrations are now in progress.
You can continue to access and use your mailbox normally, but you may not have access to all of the data in your mailbox as it is being migrated (depending on your Internet Service Provider the DNS changes to our new email servers might take up to 48 hours).
How do I know if my services still have to be migrated?
POP3 and IMAP users who are not resolving to server address mail2.name-services.com are still in the process of migration. When services resolve to this new server address, migration will be complete. You can check the current status of your domain by entering your domain in the lookup field here and clicking “mxlookup” for the result.
Note: the DNS changes do not pertain to your domain; they are DNS changes pertaining to new email servers. However, some POP and IMAP email clients may need to be reconfigured should email clients fail to connect following substitution of services.
What kind of content will be moved to the new email provider?
Everything. All of your email (including IMAP folders), attachments, calendar events (including past and recurring events), contacts and other items such as autoreplies, filters, signatures and white lists.
Do I need to change any settings on my current email client or webmail?
Apple Mac users, IMAP accounts, and POP accounts that incorporate email forwarding or other customizations will need to change settings on their current email client. If you use webmail to access your email, you should continue to access your email via http://webmail.yourdomain.com/
In case it is necessary to amend email client configuration, customers should contact us for help. Alternately, IT managers and admins can update nameservers as follows:
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