ℹ️ Summary: Migrate Emails by Date or Date Range
For more details, check out the following sections:
- Setting up your migration
- Migrate emails starting from a specific date
- Migrate emails up to a specific date”
- Migrate emails within a date range
Before You Start:
Setting Up Your Migration
Before selecting the desired date or date range, follow these steps to set up your email migration:
- Open MailJerry and click on “New Migration”.
- In the section “Existing Address”, select your account type and enter your mailbox credentials.
- Under “New Address”, select your new account type and insert your login details.
- Click on “Check Settings” and wait for the mailbox check to finish.
Once a connection between your email accounts is established, you’ll be forwarded to the summary page where you can set up your date filter.
Migrate Emails
Starting From a Specific Date
To migrate only emails received after a specific date, follow these steps:
- On the summary page, scroll down to “Filter” and enable the date filter.
- Enter the desired start date, or select it using the calendar icon.
- Leave the field “end date” blank and start your migration by clicking on “Start Your Migration”.
➡️ When entering a start date, emails received on the start date are not included. For example, if you enter 2024/12/31, only emails received starting from 2025/01/01 will be migrated.
ℹ️ If you enable the auto sync or backup mode after the migration, newly received emails will be migrated as well.
Migrate Emails
Up to a Specific Date
To migrate emails received before a certain date, do the following:
- On the summary page, scroll to “Filter” and enable the date filter.
- Enter the desired end date or select it via the calendar icon.
- Leave the start date empty and click on “Start Your Migration”.
➡️ Emails received on the end date will not be included in the migration.
ℹ️ When enabling the auto sync or backup mode for this migration, newly received emails are not synced as they fall outside of the selected date range.
Migrate Emails
Within a Specific Date Range
You can also combine the start and end date settings to migrate emails within a specific time period:
- Enable the date filter.
- Enter the both the start date and the end date.
- Click on “Start Your Migration”.
➡️ Only emails received within the selected range will be migrated. For example, to migrate all emails from 2024, use:
Start Date: 2023/12/31
End Date: 205/01/01
ℹ️ When using the auto sync or backup mode with a defined date range, only emails received within that range will be synced. Emails outside the range won’t be transferred.
Migrate Emails by Date or Date Range:
Frequent Questions
Can I change the date filter after the migration?
No. To change the start or end date, disable the auto sync (if enabled) and start a new migration with the updated dates.
If the new date range overlaps with the previous one, already-migrated emails will be skipped. For example, if you migrate 2023 emails first, and later include both 2023 and 2024, the 2023 emails won’t be migrated again.
Do I need to empty the target mailbox before starting a new migration with updated dates?
It depends on your goal:
- If you’re extending the date range to add more emails, there’s no need to empty the mailbox.
- If you’ve migrated emails you didn’t intend to, clear the mailbox before starting the new migration.
What happens to emails that failed to migrate initially (e.g. due to a server error)?
If the emails fall within your selected date range, they will be migrated automatically once the issue is resolved and the auto sync is enabled.Can I use the auto sync with a date range?
Yes, but keep in mind that the date filter applies here too. Emails received after the specified end date will not be synced.Still have further questions?
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