[OPLINLIST] Update on retrieval of old OPLIN emails

[Stephen Hedges]

We've been able to successfully retrieve all the emails sent and
received by each account that were still stored on the old email
server, and they are now grouped into folders by account. We've done a
test delivery of those emails to OPLIN staff, with good results, and
are in the process now of preparing login credentials that we can send
to all the other accounts.

A few things to know (and these will be repeated when we send login
credentials):

1) You'll need to have a POP3 email client installed and configured on
the computer where you want to save your old emails. Three common
examples of POP3 clients are Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, and
Mozilla Thunderbird. You'll set up a new account in the client using
the credentials we send you.

2) Depending on the amount of email you had stored on the old server,
your POP3 client, and your equipment, the download could take some
time, maybe even an hour or more.

3) All of the old emails will appear as new mail in the POP3 client's
inbox. The client will sort them by date, but they will not be
grouped/sorted in any other way. That means even emails you had put
into the trash folder on the old server will now appear as new emails
in your inbox. (You get to delete them again!)

We won't begin the process of sending out credentials until Monday
(March 23). We want to be sure that someone will be in the OPLIN
office to help you if you need it.

Stephen
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Stephen Hedges, Director
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
2323 W. Fifth Ave, Suite 130, Columbus, OH 43204
st.hedges at gmail.com  |  614-728-5250