Take the 2-minute tour ×  I transferred a domain
(www.mydomain.com) from one hosting provider (OLD-CO) to a new
host (NEW-CO). How can I download email that is still sitting at
OLD-CO, to my desktop?  Some email accounts have 10,000 or more
emails, so using the Web email client is not an option. I still
have an account at OLD-CO, and I have access to the DNS records
at OLD-CO.  AFAIK my desktop email client requires that I
specify the POP address (pop.mydomain.com). This points to NEW-
CO, not OLD-CO. Are there any desktop email clients that can use
an IP address instead of a domain name?  I could change the MX
record at OLD-CO. How would I configure the desktop client to
access it?  I prefer using an email client that stores email as
plain text, like Eudora. I have written code to extract email
addresses and other information from the desktop copy of the
emails.  share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers
Chances are you can access the OLD-CO's mail-servers directly.
It won't be 'pop.mydomain.com', b