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How to Export and Import Horde Emails
Looking to Backup or Transfer Your Horde Email Folders?
You might think you can simply transfer the folder files via FTP. While in some instances this is possible, in most the file formatting prevents this method from being successful. Here is an approach that should work in most versions of Horde (webmail). Note that if your folders contain a large amount of email you will probably need to divide them into smaller folders.
Exporting Your Emails from Horde
- In the navigation menu at left click on your general "mail" folder (which should contain all your mail sub-folders)
- Next, in the menu bar at top, click on "Folders."
- Now select the folder you wish to export by checking its box.
- Next, select "Download Folder(s)" from the "Choose Action:" drop-down box.
- You will be given an .mbox file to download. Store it in a location you'll remember.
Voila. That wasn't too hard was it? Next sign in to the Horde account in which you wish to import the mail folder you just saved.
Importing Your Emails Into Horde
- Click "Folders" in the menu bar.
- Select "Create Folder" from the "Choose Action:" drop-down box and give your new folder a name (preferrably the same name as the one you just exported from).
- Now select this folder by checking its box.
- This time, select "Import Messages" from the "Choose Action:" drop-down box.
- Next you'll browse to the download location you used above and select your .mbox file to import and click "Import."
- Your messages should automatically be imported into your newly created folder.
- Double check the new folder and make sure the messages are there and that they are intact.
Voila 
Rinse and repeat for all your folders. For folders that are too large (your browser stalls or stops loading on export), you most likely have messages with attachments that are too large to handle. I recommend sorting the messages by size, downloading the attachments from the largest messages and forwarding them on with your preferred email client along with the message body. Then move (or delete) these messages from the folder you wish to export and try again. Eventually you will have gotten the folder down to a reasonable enough size and the export will succeed.
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kind of the inverse horde/gmail issue
i have the reverse problem -- i want to add my horde account to my gmail settings so i can import my work emails into gmail. every time i try, gmail either says "timed out" or "dns failed" or does absolutely nothing -- reloads the settings page without adding my work account. does anyone have any ideas?
Superb!
Many thanks for this guide - was a God-send! Horde doesn't make it obvious you can import and export messages. All the best, James
cannot log in
I have never had trouble before. What can be the cause?? We had power outage yesterday but my computer is fine. I know my user id and password.
Could you elaborate on your
Could you elaborate on your login problem? Ie. is the screen blank, is there an error message, etc.
Great!
Thanks so much... Horde is cooler than I realized. I just wished they made it more clear this great feature was available.
How to create folders in Horde?
I'm using Webmail (Horde), and would like to sort my messages into folders, but I don't see where to create a new folder. There is no folder button at the top after clicking on 'mail', as the Wiki suggests.
I'm referring to my incoming mail. I would like to sort my messages into folders, but I don't see how to 'Create Folder'.
My guess is that this feature is restricted by the server (which I am administrator for), but I'm still playing around with the settings. Does this have anything to do with POP vs IMAP servers?
Contact hosting provider
I would contact your hosting provider - they should be able to diagnose the issue.
Meanwhile - if any of our community members have an idea or may have seen this before, please comment.
External Email Provider
I would simply use a third party email provider. It's nice having website hosting and email separate, so if one goes down the other is still up and running.
Worked Great!!
This is Amazing!!! Thanks a lot!!
Many thanks
I don't know what my host was playing at but after a quick search on Google I found your very helpful article. Thanks!
Shame I couldn't import/export the whole directory structure as is but this helped me retrieve the individual directories. Many thanks once again.
Horde Sign-in
For some reason when I sign into Horde, I just keep getting the sign in page, and yet at the bottom it tells me that it's 'done'
I obviously need help!
Cookies
Make sure you have cookies enabled for the page you're visiting (ie. double check that the page URL matches your cookie URL).
cookies matching url
Can someone describe how to check the cookies url against the page url, simply
Sort of the same issue with a twist
Can you import Outlook files to Horde?
Importing Outlook files to Horde
You can't import Outlook files into Horde directly, but you can export them in a format that is compatible with Horde. We wrote a separate article that addresses this issue: Import Outlook Contacts into Horde.
file size / processing time limits
Thank you for the how to. Saving my mails (even zipped) worked great. But unfortunately I can't restore my inbox (roughly 28MB unzipped) because the upload always breaks off after about 10 - 15 seconds. Should I try to find a tool that helps me split the mbox file into smaller chunks or is some other reason more likely? All hints are welcome. Stefan
Splitting mbox file
You can try finding a way to split the mbox file (we've heard of a script that can do it on a Mac), or you can export folders into separate mbox files, and import them one at a time.
I can't remember my username and password for Horde Webmail
How do I get my username and password for Horde Webmail? I swear I have the right info, but it keeps saying "login failed". GRRRR
Retrieving Horde Webmail Passwords
You can log into Cpanel and reset it. If you don't have access, ask your website host to reset your password for you.