The model of mail objects is different for Confixx and for Plesk.
In Confixx, each e-mail address can be associated with one or more
mailboxes, and each mailbox has an automatically generated name. For
example, the third mailbox of the customer web4 will be named
web4p3. A user can login to a mailbox by POP3/IMAP/SMTP using the
mailbox name as a login name.
In Plesk, an e-mail address can be associated with only one mailbox. A
mailbox has no separate name but is just related to an e-mail address. A
user can login to a mailbox using the e-mail address as a login name.
When migrating from Confixx, there are two possible modes of mail
mapping between mail objects: Default and Short names. In the
Default mode, the user will have to use an e-mail address to log in to
a mailbox after migration. In the Short names mode, the user will be
able to log in to a mailbox using the mailbox name as they used to in
Confixx.
For example, if a Confixx user has the e-mail address [email protected]
associated with the mailbox web4p3, the behavior of the Plesk Migrator
will be the following:
- In the Default mode: After migration, the user in Plesk will have
one e-mail address [email protected] associated with a mailbox that
will contain messages from web4p3. The advantage of this method is
that the structure of mail objects in Plesk after migration is simple
and can be easily managed. The disadvantage is that the user will
have to reconfigure the mail client to use [email protected] to log
in to the mailbox instead of web4p3 that they previously used in
Confixx. - In the Short names mode: After migration, the user in Plesk will
have the fake e-mail address [email protected] and the mail alias
[email protected]. The address [email protected] will be
associated with a mailbox that will contain messages from web4p3,
and the user will be able to log in to the mailbox using the short
name, i.e. web4p3, as they used to in Confixx. The advantage of
this method is that the previous login name can be used and there is
no need to reconfigure the mail client. However, the disadvantage is
a more complex structure of mail objects in Plesk.
Note: In the case when an e-mail address is associated with multiple
mailboxes in Confixx, the behavior will be more complex; however, the
advantages and disadvantages of these two methods are the same.
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