Imapsync list of the 88 imap server software applications supported (and the broken ones) (back to menu)

To know whether your IMAP server is a widespread choice, take a look at http://openemailsurvey.org/ or the Shodan imap query result.
The short answer is that if you're not using the famous Dovecot then you're in a niche!

Let's start with the long reported success stories list: 83 different imap server software tools supported!
[host1] means "source server" and [host2] means "destination server":

Please report to the author (gilles@lamiral.info) any success or bad story with imapsync and, if you know them, mention the IMAP server software names and version on both sides. This will help future users. You can grab these values, software name and release number, by looking at two lines at the beginning of the output. Example: 

 ...
 Host1 banner:* OK louloutte Cyrus IMAP4 v1.5.19 server ready
 Host2 banner:* OK Courier-IMAP ready

You can use the following command to get those lines Examples:

imapsync --host1 test1.lamiral.info

imapsync --host1 imap.gmail.com

And now the imap software servers imapsync success list:

  1. 1und1 H mimap1 84498 [host1], H mibap4 95231 [host1](http://www.1und1.de/)
  2. a1.net imap.a1.net IMAP4 Ready [host1]
  3. Amazon AWS WorkMail IMAP server [host2]
  4. Apple Server 10.6 Snow Leopard [host1]
  5. Archiveopteryx 2.03, 2.04, 2.09, 2.10 [host2], 3.0.0 [host2] (OSL 3.0) (http://www.archiveopteryx.org/)
  6. ArGoSoft IMAP Module Version 1.8 (1.8.8.2) http://www.argosoft.com/
  7. Atmail 6.x [host1] https://www.atmail.com/
  8. Axigen Mail Server Version 8.0.0 (https://www.axigen.com/)
  9. BigFoot 1.0 (Derek Snider)
  10. BincImap 1.2.3 (GPL) (http://www.bincimap.org/)
  11. BlueMind https://www.bluemind.net/
  12. ClearOS https://www.clearos.com/ uses Cyrus as IMAP backend server.
  13. CommuniGatePro server (Redhat 8.0) (Solaris), CommuniGate Pro 5.2.17[host2] (CentOS 5.4) (http://www.communigate.com/)
  14. Courier IMAP 1.5.1, 2.2.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 3.0.8, 3.0.3, 4.1.1 (GPL) (http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/)
  15. Critical Path (7.0.020)
  16. Cyrus IMAP 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.1.15, 2.1.16, 2.1.18 2.2.1, 2.2.2-BETA, 2.2.3, 2.2.6, 2.2.10, 2.2.12, 2.2.13, 2.3-alpha (OSI Approved), 2.3.1, 2.3.7, 2.3.16, v2.4.16 [host1] (https://www.cyrusimap.org/)
  17. David Tobit V8. (https://tobit.software/)
  18. David.fx Mail Access Server MA-12.00a (0188) [host1]
  19. DBMail 1.2.1, 2.0.4, 2.0.9, 2.2rc1 (GPL). 2.0.7 seems buggy. (http://www.dbmail.org/)
  20. DBOX 2.41 System [host1] (http://www.dbox.handshake.de/).
  21. Deerfield VisNetic MailServer 5.8.6 [host1] (http://www.deerfield.net/products/visnetic-mailserver/)
  22. dkimap4 [host1]
  23. Domino (IBM Notes) 4.61[host1], 6.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 7.0.2, 6.0.2CF1, 7.0.1[host1], 8.0.1[host1] (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/ibmnotes)
  24. Dovecot 0.99.10.4, 0.99.14, 0.99.14-8.fc4, 1.0-0.beta2.7, 1.0.0 [dest/source] (LGPL) (http://www.dovecot.org/) (http://www.dovecot.org/)
  25. Earthlink webhosting (https://www.earthlink.net/) uses BigFoot imap server.
  26. Emailchemy from weirdkid.com https://weirdkid.com/emailchemy/. Use option --noabletosearch
  27. Eudora WorldMail v2 (http://www.eudora.com/worldmail/)
  28. Exchange Server 5.5, 6.0.6249.0[host1], 6.0.6487.0[host1], 6.5.7638.1 [host2], 6.5 [host1], Exchange 2007 SP1 (with Update Rollup 2), Exchange2007-EP-SP2, Exchange 2010 RTM (Release to Manufacturing) [host2], Exchange 2010 SP1 RU2 [host2], Exchange 2010 SP3 [host2], (http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/)
  29. FirstClass 12 [host1]. FirstClass is hard to migrate so read the FirtClass FAQ! (http://www.firstclass.com/)
  30. FortiMail 100C in server mode [host1] (https://www.fortinet.com/.../fortimail.html)
  31. FTGate [host1][host2] (http://www.ftgate.com/)
  32. Fusemail imap.fusemail.net:143 (https://www.fusemail.com/).
  33. Gimap (Gmail imap) [host1] [host2] (http://mail.google.com/)
  34. GMX IMAP4 StreamProxy. (http://www.gmx.com/)
  35. Godaddy IMAP (since Godaddy runs Courier) (https://www.godaddy.com/)
  36. Gromox/Grammm IMAP server (https://docs.grammm.com/)
  37. Grommunio (https://grommunio.com/)
  38. Groupwise IMAP (Novell) 6.x and 7.0. Buggy so see the FAQ item about Groupwise (http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/)
  39. hMailServer 5.40-B1950 [host12], 5.3.3 [host2], 4.4.1 [host1], 5.3.2-B1769 [host2], 5.6 [host2] (https://www.hmailserver.com/)
  40. Hostgator, Hostgator imap server software is Dovecot. https://www.hostgator.com/
  41. Hotmail hotmail.com is outlook.com and live.com now.
  42. IceWarp 10.4.5 [host1] 11.2.1.1 [host2] 11.4.1.0 [host2] (https://www.icewarp.com/)
  43. IdeaImapServer v0.80.1 [host1]
  44. IMail 7.15 (Ipswitch/Win2003), 8.12, 11.03 [host1] (http://www.imailserver.com/)
  45. iPlanet Messaging server 4.15, 5.1, 5.2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Communications_Messaging_Server)
  46. iRedMail, iRedMail imap server software is Dovecot. http://www.iredmail.org/
  47. Kerio 7.2.0P1 [host1] (https://www.kerio.com/)
  48. Kolab. Kolab groupware uses Cyrus.(https://kolab.org/)
  49. Kopano (https://kopano.com/) (successor of Zarafa)
  50. Mail2World IMAP4 Server 2.5 [host1] (http://www.mail2world.com/)
  51. MailEnable 4.23 [host1][host2], 4.26 [host1][host2], 5 [host1] (http://www.mailenable.com/)
  52. MDaemon 7.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1, 8.1.2 [host1], 9.5.4 (Windows server 2003 R2 platform), 9.6.5 [host1], 12 [host2], 12.0.3 [host1], 12.5.5 [host1], 13.5 [host2], 13.6 [host1], 14.5 [host2] (http://www.altn.com/)
  53. Mercury 4.1 (Windows server 2000 platform) (http://www.pmail.com/)
  54. Mirapoint server 4.1.9-GA [host1] (https://www.icewarp.com/mirapoint/)
  55. Netscape Mail Server 3.6 (Wintel)
  56. Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 Patch 7
  57. Office 365 [host1] [host2] (http://office365.com)
  58. OpenMail IMAP server B.07.00.k0
  59. OpenWave (http://www.openwave.com/)
  60. Oracle Beehive [host1] (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/beehive/overview/)
  61. Outlook.com can be IMAP accessed via host imap-mail.outlook.com over ssl (use --ssl1 or --ssl2).
  62. Parallels Plesk Panel 9.x [host2] 11.x [host2] (http://www.parallels.com/)
  63. Pegasus Mail (by David Harris) [host1] (http://www.pmail.com/
  64. Perdition (https://projects.horms.net/projects/perdition/
  65. PowerMail (French Email provider) (https://www.powermail.fr/
  66. ProtoMail [host1] (https://protonmail.com/
  67. Qualcomm Worldmail (NT) (http://www.eudora.com/worldmail/)
  68. Rockliffe Mailsite 5.3.11, 4.5.6 (http://www.mailsite.com/)
  69. RackSpace hoster secure.emailsrvr.com:993 [host1] http://www.rackspace.com/)
  70. QQMail IMAP4Server [host1] [host2] (See FAQ) https://en.mail.qq.com/
  71. Samsung Contact IMAP server 8.5.0
  72. Scalix v10.1, 10.0.1.3, 11.0.0.431, 11.4.5, 11.4.6 (http://www.scalix.com/)
  73. Sendmail Mail Store IMAP4rev1 (5.5.6/mstore-5-5-build-1874 [host1].
  74. SmarterMail, Smarter Mail 5.0 Enterprise, Smarter Mail 5.5 [host1], SmarterMail Professional 10.2 [host1], Smarter Mail 11.7 [host1][host2]. (http://www.smartertools.com/)
  75. Softalk Workgroup Mail 7.6.4 [host1] (http://www.softalkltd.com/products/download_wm_v7.asp).
  76. SunONE Messaging server 5.2, 6.0 (SUN JES - Java Enterprise System) (http://www.oracle.com/)
  77. Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05, 6.2-7.05, 6.3 (http://www.oracle.com/)
  78. Surgemail 3.6f5-5, 6.3d-72 [host2] (http://netwinsite.com/surgemail/)
  79. Tegu mail server (https://mbk-lab.ru/)
  80. UW-imap servers (imap-2000b) rijkkramer IMAP4rev1 2000.287 (RedHat uses UW like 2003.338rh), v12.264 Solaris 5.7 (OSI Approved) (http://www.washington.edu/imap/)
  81. VMS, Imap part of TCP/IP suite of VMS 7.3.2 (https://www.vmssoftware.com/)
  82. Amazon WorkMail (https://aws.amazon.com/fr/workmail/)
  83. Xeams/Synametrics (http://www.xeams.com/)
  84. Yahoo [host1] (http://www.yahoo.com/)
  85. Zarafa 6,40,0,20653 [host1] (http://www.zarafa.com/)
  86. Zarafa ZCP 7.1.4 IMAP Gateway [host2]
  87. Zimbra-IMAP 3.0.1 GA 160, 3.1.0 Build 279, 4.0.5, 4.5.2, 4.5.6, Zimbra 5.0.24_GA_3356.RHEL4 [host1], 5.5, any 6.x, any 8.x (http://www.zimbra.com/)
  88. Zentyal (Zinc) [host1] (http://www.zentyal.org/)

Let's finish with reported failure stories over the past.
Maybe new imapsync releases can run successfully with them.
Don't hesitate to have a try, It's been a long time since last failure occurred, I will help you and make efforts to switch them to the success list, that's my job.

  1. DBMail 0.9, 2.0.7 (GPL). But most other DBMail releases are supported (see below).
  2. Imail 7.04 (maybe).
  3. MailEnable 1.54 (Proprietary) but MailEnable 4.23 is supported.
  4. (2011) MDaemon 12.0.3 as host2 but MDaemon is supported as host1. MDaemon is simply buggy with the APPEND IMAP command with any IMAP email client.
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