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I'm planning on moving one of my Smatermail servers to a Windows 2012 system.

I see that Smartermail 11.x says that there are some work arounds that need to be done to make sure it will run smooth but I coudn't find any direct references to it at the KB pages.

Could someone point it out?
Diego Santos (February 19, 2014 at 11:03 AM)

There are no know issue with SmarterMail on a Server 2012 box. We have many customers that have 2012 with SmarterMail running and no issue or work arounds needed.
Brian Ward (February 19, 2014 at 12:23 PM)

this article is spot on. Smartermail is One of the smoothest and easiest to work on. I just migrated my Smartermail from one 2012 server to another 2012 server.
it was soooooo smooth, i say smoother than the silk (if possible ;)
Bilal Mahmood (February 26, 2014 at 7:32 AM)

Hello, great product !

I'm moving domains from a custom MAIL folder on an old server to the default location on the new box. Will the above work or can you think of other things to change ?

Thanx
Michael Holcer (November 19, 2014 at 7:25 PM)

Hi Michael,

I believe this article would be better suited for what you're looking to do. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a2726/move-a-domain-from-one-smartermail-server-to-another.aspx
Andrea Rogers (November 20, 2014 at 8:36 AM)

I have SM 13.x (enterprise) and backup SM 13.x (free) mail server. I plan to move only the primary mail server at this time.

Could someone at SmarterTools update this document to include information on changes that would need to be made to the backup mail server?

Is it as simple as changing/adding the IP address (Settings > Routing > Incoming Gateways) on the backup mail server to the new IP address of the primary mail server?
Scott Jibben (November 22, 2014 at 3:30 PM)

What options do we have if we don't have access to the files on the source system but do have administrator access?
David O'Leary (February 26, 2015 at 10:49 AM)

Do you manage the SmarterMail server or do you get it as a hosted service? I ask because some companies will have the Domain Admin access but don't manage it on their servers.
Andrea Rogers (February 26, 2015 at 11:01 AM)

Important to know: When you performed the migration don't forget to export the certificate (with the associated private key) from the Certificate Store MMC. This certificate would need to be imported into the new server's Certificate Store, you would then need to export this certificate to Base-64 and configure the SmarterMail ports with the newly exported base64 .cer file.
Martin Blanchette (May 27, 2015 at 10:32 AM)

Hi there
1) I need to migrate mail accounts from 6.7 to version 13 - will the same process apply?
2) If I could also ask does the migration tool handle migrating from a remote SmarterMail server not under my control? ( I have a domain on a shared hosting account using SmarterMail and would like to move these mail boxes to our SmarterMail server)
Thank
Brad
brad (June 3, 2015 at 8:24 AM)

1) We recommend migrating to the same version. So either perform an upgrade on your current server to 13 and then migrate, or install version 6.x on the new server and upgrade after the data has been moved.
2) In this case, you'll need to request your domain folder from your provider. Then add this folder to your server files. This article should explain a bit more on those steps: http://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a2875/move-smartermail-from-hosted-to-self-installed.aspx
Andrea Rogers (June 3, 2015 at 8:55 AM)

Hi
For a migration of SM13 on W2003 to SM14 on W2012 is anything more to know than your instruction on top of that page?

Thanks
Urs
Urs Bärtschi (August 27, 2015 at 7:33 AM)

That should be all you need! Just keep in mind that SmarterMail 14.x requires .NET 4.5 Framework (which shouldn't be an issue with W2012).
Andrea Rogers (August 27, 2015 at 8:15 AM)

Thanks for your answer.
Urs Bärtschi (August 28, 2015 at 2:09 AM)

I just completed a migration from Server 2003 Enterprise Edition to Server 2008 R2 and the only issues I found with this article is that BEFORE you move onto step 2 you need to MAKE SURE you do the "Begin Setup" when the interface launches....if not you will have problems!! after you do the "Begin Setup" portion then move onto step 2......also before you move onto step 5 you need to check to make sure the ports are open in your "Windows Firewall" for some reason the installation program does NOT do this for you so you will have to set a rule manually. Other then those 2 small little steps this article is ON POINT!!
James Civitello (September 4, 2015 at 8:50 AM)

9. If you changed your path you need to update all of your locations in General Settings, Protocol Settings, Log Settings, Storage Message Archive, Domain Defaults

10. Don't forget to create and/or change location of C:/ClamQuarantine
J Lee (April 22, 2017 at 8:45 PM)

do not forget to copy the content of the spool directory too
Richard Frank (May 17, 2017 at 4:50 PM)

I used this method to migrate from SM14 to SM16, but some of the domains are not showing all the users. If I look in the domain folder, the migrated files are there, as are the user folders, but in the SM admin the users are missing?
Russ Michaels (December 16, 2017 at 11:22 AM)

Hi Russ. I'm sorry to hear that you ran into an issue with your migration. This is unexpected behavior, and I'd encourage you to submit a ticket to the Support Department for their review. It looks like you have support tickets available on your account, and an Email Ticket can be submitted by logging in at the Tickets section, which is linked above.
Andrea Rogers (December 18, 2017 at 9:55 AM)

Any idea on why this happens? I have the same issue.

Ted (October 23, 2018 at 1:09 PM)

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