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Migrating from WorldMail 2 to MailSite 7 and later

Document #:10406

Applies To:

MailSite 7.0.3
MailSite 8.0.x

Synopsis:

This document details how Eudora WorldMail 2 users can migrate to MailSite 7.0.3 and later.

Customers looking for information on upgrading from WorldMail 3 should refer to KB 10407

Customers looking for information on upgrading from WorldMail 4 should refer to KB 10409

The migration tools are provided in the form of command line utilties which can be found in the MailSite installation directory.

More Information:

THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO WORLDMAIL 2 ONLY

Step 1: Install MailSite

Install MailSite on the same server as WorldMail 2. Select a different installation directory for MailSite
During the install, unselect the 'Start Services after install' option, we do NOT want the services to start right away.

Step 2: Migrate the accounts using the MsconvUser2 utility.

Open a command prompt and switch to the MailSite installation directory
Run the utility using the following command line MsconvUser2.exe -m WorldMail -o (output_file_name) -b -- -x (WorldMail 2 path) -w (MailSite Path)

For example, if both WorldMail 2 and MailSite 7 are installed in their default directories the command would look like:

MsconvUser2.exe -m WorldMail -o targetfile.xml -b -- -x c:\program files\WorldMail\ -w c:\program files\mailsite\
Your data will be exported to "targetfile.xml" in the above example.

Step 3: Import the users (stored in the .xml file) into MailSite using the msimportexport.exe utility.

From the command prompt, switch to the MailSite directory and enter MsImportExport.exe -import filename.xml -server -domains -mailboxes

For example:

msimportexport.exe -import targetfile.xml -server -domains -mailboxes

Step 4: Migrate the message store using the msconv2.exe utility.

The message store folder is commonly referred to as the 'box' directory.

From the command prompt, switch to the MailSite directory and enter msconv2 -s WorldMail -d (Domain)
Where (domain) is the domain you want to convert the message store for. If you do not include the -d flag with a specific domain, mail will be imported from all domains that reside in the WorldMail 2 installation.
When you provide a domain, msconv2.exe will look in WorldMail 2 to see where the message store resides. It will then look in MailSite to see where the BOX directory is located and copy the data there.

You can now stop the World Mail 2 services, and start the MailSite 7 services!

See these other knowledge base documents:

10407:Upgrading from WorldMail 3 to MailSite 7.0.3 and later

Last revised 2007-9-5