[OPLINTECH] Update on retrieval of old OPLIN emails

[Stephen Hedges]

I lied...

Things have come together more quickly than expected, so we're going
to start sending out login credentials now.

Stephen
--
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


On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Stephen Hedges <st.hedges at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> --
> 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