How to take mail backups and restore using webmail interfaces ?

Linux Web Hosting control panel allows you to take backup of cpanel mail service for your domain and also used to restore in your local system.

In cPanel, you can able to use three webmail interfaces. If you are using cpanel mail service for your domain, it is possible to back up (export) your emails using both web interfaces – Roundcube or Horde. Built-in restore (import) option is available in both Roundcube and Horde webmail now.

Kindly refer the below procedure to back up and restore emails in cPanel webmail:

Via Roundcube Interface:

Export :
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1. Login to the webmail of the domain
2. Select the mails which you want to take a backup
3. Click on “more” icon in the above bar
4. Select Download (.eml) option in dropdown list

Now the mail has been downloaded in your Local System.

NOTE: .eml files are supported by most of the email services, so you can easily restore them later on different servers

Unfortunately, Roundcube does not provide convenient functionality to download many emails at once, so if you want to back up the whole folder or account, we recommend using Horde instead.

Via Horde Interface:

Export :
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1. Login to the webmail of the domain
2. Select the mail which you want to take a backup and you will get mail details as below
3. Click Arrow mark – Expand Headers near by “Email configuration settings for” to know about the details of mail
4. Click Other options “+” and Click “Save” in the dropdown list

Now the mail has been downloaded in your Local System.

In order to save all emails in the folder (Inbox, Sent, etc.) right-click on this folder and select Export option:

Then you will be prompted to select the format of the backup file – MBOX or zipped MBOX.