Migrate to mailserv from tigger or icarus

Select one of the migration tools to copy your email account from tigger or icarus to mailserv. Log out of Webmail and close all email clients before proceeding.

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• Why migrate? Get the facts.
• About migration and after you migrate

• More space. 2GB of space is available for your email on mailserv. Mailserv's unified account quota means that there are no separate limits for your inbox and for all remaining folders.
• Faster mailboxes. Mailserv mailbox formats that enable faster access to your messages.
• No changes to your settings. You don't have to make any changes in Webmail, on your desktop computer or mobile devices.
• Same email address. Your email address will not change. Your netid and password will not change.
• You can still use pine. Mailserv is dedicated to serving email. As such, FTP and SSH access is not available. But you can continue to use pine on tigger or icarus to access mailserv.
• You can still use your tigger or icarus account. You can continue accessing your tigger or icarus account via FTP or SSH to update your personal web page, etc.
• As on tigger and icarus, your account is backed up every night. We retain seven (7) most recent backup copies. Should you ever need to recover an email, contact systems@uic.edu as soon as possible and indicate the name of the folder that needs to be restored.

The migration tool will take you through the process step by step.

1. Email routing. The routing of your netid@uic.edu email address will change from netid@tigger.uic.edu or netid@icarus.uic.edu to netid@mailserv.uic.edu. This is an internal change.
2. Account contents. Your folders and messages will be copied from tigger or icarus to mailserv. If you have existing messages and folders in mailserv they will not be overwritten. The contents will be merged.
3. Email filters. Your existing server-side email filters will be copied from tigger or icarus to mailserv. Email filters are essential to organizing your email. Using server-side filters you can automatically place messages into folders based on the criteria you specify, without depending on a particular email client. If you have existing mailserv filters, they will be merged.
4. Pine configuration update. If you intend to use pine to access your mailserv account, the tool will reconfigure pine for you.

After you migrate:

1. Log in to Webmail. You should find mailserv in the left frame at the top. Verify that your folders and messages have been migrated.
2. Clear your tigger or icarus account. After you've verified that your folders and messages have been migrated, use the quota tool to clear the contents of your tigger or icarus account. You can also use FTP or SSH to access and clear your account.
3. Check your server-side and local filters. Your server-side filters and your local client-side filters will likely work as usual. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to check them and remove any duplicates.