Migrate iPage Email to Office 365

You want your iPage mail in Office 365 and retain all folders, dates and attachments. IPage mail is IMAP so a move is plain once you know server details and limits. Below are three ways to migrate iPage email to Office 365, iPage settings you need and fixes for errors people hit.

What moves from iPage to Office 365?

Microsoft 365 is a cloud service with Exchange Online mailboxes, not an email client. IPage mail sits on an IMAP server. When you move iPage mail to Office 365, messages in your iPage folders are copied into a mailbox that already exists in Microsoft 365.

Microsoft's IMAP migration moves email only. It does not move contacts, calendar items or tasks and it handles up to 500,000 items per mailbox with a 35 MB limit per message. Export contacts and calendars from Outlook separately. If you also plan to move other accounts, see how to Migrate IMAP to Office 365.

How to move iPage mail with IMAP migration?

Microsoft gives admins a free batch tool for IMAP hosts. It suits teams, because one CSV file lists every mailbox. You need admin rights in Microsoft 365 and a password for every iPage mailbox.

1. Add every user to Microsoft 365 so all people have a mailbox before you move iPage mail to Office 365.
2. Note down your iPage IMAP server imap.ipage.com and port 993 with SSL. Make sure IMAP is allowed through your firewall.
3. Build a CSV file with columns EmailAddress, UserName and Password. Use your Microsoft 365 address in column one and iPage address and password in rest.
4. In Exchange admin center open Migration, select New, then Onboarding and choose IMAP.
5. Upload your CSV file and enter iPage IMAP details on its configuration screen.
6. Name your batch, add an admin to get a report and choose auto start to move iPage mail to Office 365.
7. Open Outlook on web for a few users and check that folders and messages arrived.
8. Switch your MX records last. Microsoft says to wait at least 72 hours after that before you remove your batch.

Menu names above come from Microsoft's own admin center guide. Admin screens differ so confirm menus in your tenant. PowerShell works too, with New-MigrationEndpoint -IMAP and New-MigrationBatch, as Microsoft documents.

How to migrate iPage email to Office 365 with Outlook?

For one or two mailboxes you can move iPage mail to Office 365 with classic Outlook for Windows. Both accounts open side by side and you copy folders yourself.

1. Create your Microsoft 365 mailbox first and sign in to it in classic Outlook.
2. Select File, then Add Account and add your iPage address as an IMAP account with imap.ipage.com.
3. Wait for iPage folders to finish syncing so you move iPage mail to Office 365 with every message.
4. Select an iPage folder, drag it onto your Microsoft 365 mailbox and drop it there.
5. Repeat for every folder and check message counts on both sides.

Outlook is slow for large folders because Outlook downloads mail first and uploads it after. It also copies one folder at a time and has no filters or report. Plan other accounts that way, for example Mac Mail to Office 365 if you also have a Mac.

Steps to move iPage mail to Office 365 with software

1. Install Corbett Email Migration Tool on your Windows PC and open it with Run as administrator.
2. Choose IMAP as source and enter your iPage address, password, imap.ipage.com and port 993.
3. Choose Microsoft 365 as destination and sign in on Microsoft's own consent screen.
4. Tick iPage folders to move and untick Spam and Trash. Message counts show size up front.
5. Add date, sender, subject or attachment filters if you want less mail in your new mailbox.
6. Select destination mailbox type, which can be primary, archive, shared or public folder.
7. Start the transfer, then open a CSV report saved at its end.

Many users? Add source and destination pairs from a CSV file, one row per user and it processes them one after another. A dropped connection resumes your transfer and duplicate emails are ignored. It does one cutover per task, with no scheduler and no incremental sync so a second pass copies your full selection again. Licence is lifetime from $99 with a 30-day money-back window. If you only want a file copy of iPage mail, see how to Migrate email from iPage to Gmail or use Corbett Webmail Backup Tool to save your mailbox as PST, MBOX or EML first.

Which iPage IMAP settings do you need?

IPage's help page lists these values. Check them in your iPage account if mail does not connect.

• Incoming IMAP server: imap.ipage.com, port 143 or port 993 with SSL.
• Outgoing server: smtp.ipage.com, port 587 or 465 with SSL, sign in required.
• Username: your full email address.
• Password: your iPage email password.

IPage notes that customers who came from other brands may need a different outgoing server and that VPS plans can use mail.yourdomain.com. If mail does not arrive after moving, check that your MX records point to Microsoft 365. Moving your mail with Thunderbird instead? See how to Migrate iPage emails to Thunderbird.

Which way suits your iPage move?

To move iPage mail to Office 365 for a team, use Microsoft's IMAP batch if you are an admin. Use Outlook for one mailbox. Use software when you want folder tick boxes, filters and a report without admin setup.

Need mail moving back later? See how to Migrate email from Office 365 to G Suite. To save a copy of your Microsoft 365 mailbox, see Corbett Office 365 Backup Tool.

Why does the iPage move to Office 365 fail?

Mailbox is missing in Office 365

A batch needs a mailbox for every row in your CSV file. Add users first, then start your batch.

Connection to iPage fails during migration

Microsoft says to check your IMAP server name and open your firewall for its datacenter traffic. Enter Test-MigrationServerAvailability in PowerShell to test that link. Use port 993 with SSL.

Contacts and calendars are missing

That is expected when you move iPage mail to Office 365 over IMAP. A Microsoft Q&A thread about a hosting move to Microsoft 365 reached same point and answers said contacts and calendars must be exported from Outlook and imported again for every user. I found no public thread about iPage alone so treat that thread as closest real example.

New mail reaches iPage after moving

Do not switch MX records before your batch has caught up. Switch them last and wait at least 72 hours before you remove it, as Microsoft advises.

Large messages fail

Microsoft's IMAP route cannot move iPage mail to Office 365 when a message is over 35 MB. Save those messages as files from iPage first.

What to do after the move?

After you move iPage mail to Office 365, open Outlook on web and compare folder counts with iPage on a few mailboxes. Retain your iPage mailbox until you are sure. Then update MX records, tell users to sign in to Microsoft 365 and cancel iPage mail only when no new mail arrives there.

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