【supplementary [h]】 transferring by yourself

Targets for this page

    • Those who want to transfer mails, which weren’t transferred automatically, by yourself.
    • Those who want to transfer mails by yourself , who had answered 「希望しない」in the previous questionnaire.

This page explains how to transfer mails in old KUMail to new Gmail.

By performing the following procedures, users can transfer mails by themselves.

※All 3 procedures will be required.

    • Procedure1. Installation of Thunderbird and setting new KUMail(Gmail)
    • Procedure2. Setting old KUMail(Mail Suite)
    • Procedure3. Transferring data
    • Procedure4. Deleting Thunderbird

※The maximum capacity of uploading a day is up to 500MB. If it exceeds, the account will be locked. Please be sure to transfer mails taking for a few days if the capacity is large.

Procedure1. Installation of Thunderbird and setting new KUMail(Gmail)

1. Please install Thunderbird and set new KUMail(Gmail) referring 8.The use of mail software> Setting Thunderbird.

※If you had already finished these procedures, you don’t have to do this.

Procedure2. 旧KUMail(Mail Suite)の設定

2. Please perform the connection setting to old mail server.

Please perform the setting referring to the manual P1~P4

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/services/mail/kumail/old-kumail-setting_201905.pdf

※Please create the account named “Mail Suite” to make it easy to distinguish.

※Please choose “IMAP” in the procedure P3.


※If you had already finished these procedures in Thunderbird, you don’t have to do this.


Procedure3. Transferring data

1. Please check if it’s set to coexist the account of old KUMail and new KUMail as the right chart shows.

2. We’ll receive both mails from old and new KUMail.

Please click 「v」at the right side of inbox and click 「新着メールを全て受信」.

3. Please search the necessary mails from old KUMail.

The mails will be transferred if you drug and drop the mails from old KUMail to new KUMail.

The right chart shows the procedures in transfer the mail of old KUMail inbox to 「05報告Z」folder of new KUMail.


<To check the size of mails>

  1. Please click the icon of the right in bar which display “Subject”, “To” etc.
  2. Please display by choosing 「サイズ」 from displayed option.

You can transfer the folders from old KUMail to new KUMail as well.


<To check the size of folder>

    1. Right-click the folders you want to transfer.
    2. Choose 「プロパティ」.
    3. Check 「ディスク上のサイズ」 on the property screen.





<Cautions>

Please delete the attached files in transferring mails in the following cases

  • The size of the mail exceeds 50MB. (※1)
  • The style of attached files are out of support. (※2)

(※1) The maximum of the transferring tool is 25MB however you can transfer up to 50MB in Thunderbird.

(※2)The type of files which might be blocked in Gmail (Gmail help)


<In saving attached files to PC before deleting>

1. Please right-click the name of attachment file in opening mails.

2. Please click 「名前をつけて保存」.

<In deleting attachment files>

1. Please open the mail to right-click the name of attachment file.

2. Please click 「削除」.

3. Please press 「OK」 at the screen of right chart.

Then please carry out 「3. 」 of “Transferring data”.

Procedure4.Deleting Thunderbird

After transferring the necessary mails/folders, you don’t need Thunderbird any more.If you think that Thunderbird is unnecessary, please delete Thunderbird.

※Please carry out this operation if needed. There’s no problem in using Thunderbird in thins situation.


Windows OS

Please delete from Setting→Application→Application and function in using Windows10.

Please delete from Program and Function in Control panel in Windows7.


Mac OS

You can delete by putting Thunderbird icon into Trash after displaying application in Finder. Please delete dmg file as well.