Transfer Email to @me.com / cloud?

[InternetDude08]

Right now I have my own domain name I use for email. It's on a regular shared webhosting account and uses cPanel. I have one web page on the 'net but I only use it for the email domain name.

I'd like to switch my email to @me.com just so I can have push email on my iPhone. And I guess I need @me.com to use some of the iCloud backup stuff.

The plan was to configure cpanel so all email going to my regular email account get forwarded to my new @me.com email address. That is easy to do.

However, I would like to transfer my emails over to the new account. I was wondering if I can do that in Mac OSX Snow Leopard by simply having two accounts in Mail, and dragging the email from my old account to the new one? I would like to actually just stop using the old email address and account altogether.

I don't know if it matters but I'm using IMAP right now.

Is this possible?

 

[d21mike]

If the current email provider supports IMAP you can add both accounts to the Mail App on the Mac and simply move the mail from the current to the new. However, I thought you could not use iCloud in Snow Leopard.

 

[InternetDude08]

Oh, I'll be using iCloud on my iPad2 and iPhone4S. And one of these day's I'll upgrade to Lion anyway. But the main thing is I want push email and to transfer all my old email over.

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OK, I'm a bit confused now. When I went into my iPhone under Settings --> iCloud and I checked off that I wanted it to backup my notes, it said I needed to enter my me.com email address. I put in the one I wanted and then I think I messed something up.

So how do I create a @me.com email address? Do I have to do it from Lion now, as I do have a Mac Mini with Lion on it...

 

[d21mike]

I think you only need an iOS 5 Device. Really not sure because I just converted my MM Account (http://www.me.com/move) over to iCloud and it created an iCloud Account out of it and also uses it for the email address. Maybe someone else can help.

 

[InternetDude08]

Well I got my me.com account setup. I'm not sure what to do next but I'll figure it out tomorrow.