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: Any way to keep old email account passwords when transferring to a new shared server hosting package? I am transferring a site from shared server A to shared server B via FTP (no command line

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I am transferring a site from shared server A to shared server B via FTP (no command line access on shared servers). I have copied the /mail directory over and can recreate the email accounts on the new server manually using CPanel.

However, I thought it would be good to keep the old email accounts passwords, rather than making new ones when I recreate the accounts.

Is there anyway to copy the old account passwords (which I do not know) from the old server to the new email accounts on the new server?

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@Si4351233

I am going to make an assumption here that the hosting panel is either cPanel or Plex. In either case the passwords are stored in the shadow file which unless your host has made an unsecured server will not be accessible directly to you. The best option in this case is to reset all passwords and notify your customers of the reset password before the change over.

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