IceWarp (Merak Mail) to Zimbra Migration Guide

Want a quick yet precise solution migrating emails from Icewarp to Zimbra Webmail/Desktop? Then you are at right place. Here in the following article, you’ll get the complete information about both the applications : IceWarp vs Zimbra and the complete guide to import emails from IceWarp Merak Mail Server to Zimbra.

What is IceWarp Mail Server

IceWarp Mail Server or Merak Mail Server (its early name) is a collaborative emailing server, which is supported by both Windows and Linux operating systems. A product of IceWarp Ltd., its web based application (WebMail) is also there, which runs on multiple browsers – Safari, Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. Web Admin and Web Client are a few features that IceWarp provides to its users to manage their account via your browser. Web Admin allows users to manage multiple users (and share emails, documents, contacts, calendars, journals, notes etc.) along with handling anti-spamming and antivirus security issues.

IceWarp Server is a set of modules, which includes :

• Mail Server : It also includes groupware, anti-virus and antis-pam. Supported protocols include POP3, SMTP, IMAP, SyncML, HTTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, GroupDAV, OpenLDAP etc.
• WebMail : supports Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari.
• Groupware
• Web IM
• VoIP
• Web Server
• Web DAV

Zimbra

Zimbra Collaboration Server is a groupware software application that is included with an email server, web client and a desktop client. Its an independent application that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. A fully featured server, ZCS supports Ajax based web interface for sharing emails, documents and group calendaring along with other supported features like drag ‘n’ drop, enabled tool tips and right click menus, “Zimlet” mashups, online document authoring, advance searching etc.

Reasons for Icewarp Server Migration to Zimbra

• Zimbra Server offers a high level of flexibility, reliability and better functionality for organizations. It also provides efficient handling of heavy traffic and offers secure and confidential services too.
• With easy maintenance of shared calendars and contacts, so enhanced centralization is ensured with Zimbra.
• With mobile synchronization all the Zimbra mailboxes can be synced with your mobile phones.
• Zimbra’s backend structure is managed efficiently, so there is no data loss at times of service outages. IceWarp, on the other hand is not so popular application. And, in case of any technical issues, it takes at least 48 hours to get proprietary support.

How to Convert IceWarp to Zimbra Webmail/Desktop

You need a conversion utility to convert IceWarp Merak Mail Server to Zimbra. But before that export IceWarp emails in EML format (IceWarp support to export emails in TXT and HTML too), which is a popular file format used by most of the email applications.

Follow the given below instructions to export emails from IceWarp email client :

• After Opening IceWarp email client, login to access your IceWarp account
• Navigate to the mails section and select all the emails with Ctrl+A keys.
• Once the emails are selected, click Hamburger Icon that appears just above the emails or you can simply right click with your mouse button.
• Press Save As option >> Select EML from the list of formats and start downloading them

After that you will have your email files downloaded in zipped file. To get the IceWarp emails in desired format (EML) unzip the zipped folder.

Now that you have exported IceWarp files in EML format, you need to import them in Zimbra. But this can’t be done directly, because EML is a kind of an alien format for Zimbra, which only recognizes TGZ files. So to import IceWarp Merak Mail to Zimbra, you need to convert IceWarp emails in Zimbra’s TGZ format. Now here you will need a third party tool that will convert emails of IceWarp Merak Mail Server to Zimbra email messages with complete efficacy. With IceWarp to Zimbra Converter, you can successfully perform this task of converting IceWarp Server to Zimbra.

The software supports batch migration of groups of IceWarp emails to Zimbra in a single shot. This feature is the most effective feature of Merak Mail server to Zimbra software as it tends to save a lot of users time which they usually lack. Also, it has a very interactive interface, which is very helpful for new and non-technical users as well. Other benefits include :

• All the email Meta details and formatting are saved accurately
• Folder structure remains intact
• Works without any file size limitation
• Saves attachments too with accurate file size and format
• Works on all Windows editions – 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP etc.
• Icewarp to Zimbra FREE Download edition is available for trial purpose

Icewarp to Zimbra Migration Guide

Follow these simple steps of the software to convert IceWarp emails to Zimbra

• Install the software
• Click on the button “Select folders having (*.eml) files”
• Click on “Start Conversion” button and navigate to the location to save the converted files
• After that the software will start the conversion process.

Process to Import TGZ files in Zimbra

• Open Zimbra and login to your account
• Click on Preferences.
• Under Local folders, click on “Import /Export” (on the left pane). Under Import section click on “Browse” button and go to the location where resultant TGZ files are saved and click on “Open” button and finally click on “Import” button.

Icewarp to Zimbra Review

Here is a review of one of the users who converted his IceWarp emails to Zimbra :

When I was to convert my IceWarp emails to Zimbra, I was very worried because I had no idea of how to do it. But this EML to Zimbra software saved my life as it transformed the entire conversion process into a simple task. Thanks for developing such a nice tool.

—  Shaun Mathew, Albama

Conclusion 

It can be concluded that with IceWarp to Zimbra Tool, you can successfully migrate Icewarp emails Zimbra. The software provides precise and reliable conversion results and without any data loss. So, it can be said that the software is a complete solution for all the users who want easy and successful migration from IceWarp server to Zimbra.