Technical Howto to back up your data on A/I services
In the next 10 days Autistici/Inventati’s services will be terminated.
This means that all email accounts will stop working, so if you have used them to register on third-party services you will have to change your username (or your recovery email) for those services.
This page includes instructions on how to export your data on services you have been using in A/I’s infrastructure.
1. NOBLOGS
Blog owners and admins will receive an email with a link to download a backup of their blog, including posts and media uploads, in a format that will make it possible to migrate to a different WordPress platform.
Here’s a step-to-step tutorial on how to import the downloaded data to a new WordPress site:
Steps to Import your Noblogs backup to another WordPress site:
- Log in to the dashboard of your new WordPress blog.
- Hover over Tools in the left-hand menu and click Import.
- Find WordPress at the bottom of the list and click Install Now.
- Click Run Importer once the installation is completed.
- Click Choose File to select your saved XML file from your computer.
- Click Upload file and import.
- Assign the posts to an existing author or create a new user in the next screen.
- Check the box labeled Download and import file attachments to copy your images and media over.
- Click Submit to start the import process. A success message will appear when it is done
If you see an error message during the upload process (e.g. because files are too large) send an email to help@inventati.org. We can send instructions on how to increase the upload limits or split the XML file into smaller parts. (Alternatively you can look online for solutions.)
It’s important to note that importing uploaded media will only be possible if noblogs.org is still accessible. Once Noblogs stops working, you’ll need to install a plugin in your new blog to change links of saved files.
Note that once our infrastructure has been shut down, contacting us will net be possible. If you think you may need help with migration, please make sure to import your backup to your new WordPress blog before that date.
2. EMAIL
While stored in our servers, your mail messages are encrypted: we cannot access their content, and only you can decrypt with your password. It is crucial to download your mailbox before A/I’s services are shut down, as it will be impossible to recover your messages afterwards.
You cannot download messages through the webmail. In the web interface you can only select all your mail in bulk and delete it, to empty your maillbox. If you want to download your messages, you need to install a mail client in your computer. We recommend using Thunderbird. You can find a howto here:
https://www.inventati.org/docs/mail/thunderbird
We will not provide instructions on how to sync or export your mail to third-party and/or commercial email services.
You can download your contacts list from the webmail, through the “Export” option in the “Contacts” menu.
Connection Parameters
- Protocol: IMAP
- Incoming Mail:
- Server: mail.inventati.org
- Port 993 (SSL/TLS) / 143 (STARTTLS)
- Outgoing Mail:
- Server: smtp.inventati.org
- Port: 465 (SSL/TLS) / 587 (STARTTLS)
- The username should be your email address.
3. WEBSITES
We recommend downloading the contents of websites hosted on A/I’s servers using the WebDAV protocol through an appropriate client. Access parameters can be found here: https://www.inventati.org/docs/web/webdav#how-to-download-your-website
You’ll find a dump of the SQL databases associated to your website/s in the home directory of your WebDAV account.
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4. MAILING LISTS and NEWSLETTERS
Mailing list and newsletter admins have already received an email with the list of subscribed users. If you haven’t received it, check your Spam folder or send an email to help@inventati.org, making sure to include the name of your list in your message. (Note that this information will only be sent to the email address of the list owner/s).
If you enabled message archiving in your mailing list and you would like to download the archive, send an email to help@inventati.org and we’ll try to find a way of helping you.