Migrate from Amazon WorkMail to
NamesLink Business Email.
Keep your @yourdomain.com addresses. Get 5 mailboxes free for 1 year when you switch to NamesLink.
Amazon WorkMail ends on March 31, 2027.
After this date, you will no longer be able to access your mailboxes or data. Plan your migration now.
Complete Service Shutdown
AWS will permanently shut down WorkMail on March 31, 2027. All mailboxes, contacts, calendars, and attachments will become inaccessible.
Risk of Permanent Data Loss
After shutdown, IMAP/SMTP access stops. Without a completed migration, you risk losing years of email history permanently.
Migration Takes Time
Experts recommend starting 6–12 months before the deadline. Early movers avoid server congestion and ensure data integrity.
IMAP / POP3 / SMTP
Works with all email clients
SSL / TLS Encryption
Enterprise-grade security
Webmail Included
Full-featured browser interface
99.9% Uptime
Reliable mail delivery
NamesLink Business Email vs. Amazon WorkMail
Compare features, pricing, and migration support side by side.
| Feature | NamesLink Business Email | Amazon WorkMail |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost (5 users, first year) | $0 — free for 1 year | $240.00 ($4/user/month) |
| Service continuity | Active, no sunset announced | Ends March 31, 2027 |
| Setup | Single dashboard | AWS console + IAM + SES + S3 |
| Storage per mailbox | 5GB per account | 50GB (shared, $4/mo) |
| Domain + SSL + DNS | All included | Bring your own + Route 53 $0.50/mo |
| Requires AWS account | No — just NamesLink | Yes — full AWS account |
| Data portability | Standard IMAP export | S3 export + egress fees |
| Built-in mail migration | ✓ IMAP retrieval (admin batch) | ✓ Into WorkMail only |
Transfer your domain. Get 1 year of free email.
Basic Plan
Extra mailbox: $6/each
- Includes 5 mailboxes
- 5GB per mailbox
- Email forwarding
- Expandable, purchase as needed
Switch in four phases.
Based on our 17-step illustrated handbook. Pilot one mailbox first, then expand.
Inventory & Backup
List all mailboxes, sizes, and DNS records. Export WorkMail data as backup.
Sign Up & Transfer
Create NamesLink account, transfer your domain, activate the free plan.
Activate & Migrate
Create destination mailboxes. IMAP-sync historical email from WorkMail.
Switch & Verify
Update MX/SPF/DKIM records. Test delivery, then retire WorkMail.
Migration questions, answered.
AWS will permanently shut down Amazon WorkMail on March 31, 2027. New customer signups are blocked starting April 30, 2026. After the shutdown date, you will no longer be able to access the WorkMail console, mailboxes, or any data. AWS recommends migrating to a third-party email provider before the deadline.
After March 31, 2027, all WorkMail mailboxes, messages, attachments, and calendar data will be permanently deleted and unrecoverable. IMAP and SMTP access will also stop. To avoid data loss, complete your migration and create a backup export before the shutdown date.
The most reliable method is IMAP-based migration. Connect to your WorkMail mailbox via IMAP (port 993, SSL/TLS) and sync messages to the destination provider. NamesLink includes built-in IMAP retrieval that lets admins batch-migrate mailboxes. Pilot one mailbox first to verify before migrating your entire team.
Yes. Your email addresses belong to your domain, not to WorkMail. Update your domain's MX records to point to the new provider's mail servers. For NamesLink, transfer your domain and update the MX records — new mail flows to your NamesLink inbox within minutes of DNS propagation.
Most small-to-medium migrations complete in under 30 minutes. The time depends on the number of mailboxes and total data volume. Experts recommend starting at least 6–12 months before the March 2027 deadline to allow time for testing and verification.
WorkMail IMAP servers vary by region: imap.mail.us-east-1.awsapps.com, imap.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com, or imap.mail.eu-west-1.awsapps.com. Use port 993 with SSL/TLS and PLAIN authentication. SMTP uses port 465 with SSL. Your full WorkMail email address is the username.
WorkMail's built-in S3 export only covers email messages and calendar items in MIME format. Contacts, tasks, notes, email signatures, and aliases are not exported. To preserve contacts, export them manually from your email client (Outlook, Thunderbird, or Apple Mail) as .csv or .vcf. Calendar data can be exported as .ics files.
Yes. NamesLink supports standard IMAP, POP3, and SMTP protocols, so it works with Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Gmail app, and any RFC-compliant email client. A full-featured webmail interface is also included.
Ready to migrate from Amazon WorkMail? Start today.
5 mailboxes free for 1 year. 5GB each. Keep your existing addresses. No AWS complexity.
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