Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

When I go to Account > Account Settings > Move to a Different Account, I enter my new Mastodon handle (with an "@" in front of it) and old account password, I'm getting error messages in the new handle and the password fields.

I've tried resetting my password. I've tried a few times. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. I need to go to bed, but hope to receive ideas.

#migration #Fediverse

Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

When I go to Account > Account Settings > Move to a Different Account, I enter my new Mastodon handle (with an "@" in front of it) and old account password, I'm getting error messages in the new handle and the password fields.

I've tried resetting my password. I've tried a few times. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. I need to go to bed, but hope to receive ideas.

#migration #Fediverse

Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

When I go to Account > Account Settings > Move to a Different Account, I enter my new Mastodon handle (with an "@" in front of it) and old account password, I'm getting error messages in the new handle and the password fields.

I've tried resetting my password. I've tried a few times. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. I need to go to bed, but hope to receive ideas.

#migration #Fediverse

@huskify @bich if possible, message the admins for help beyond this.

@CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich Maybe @wild1145 and @mwadmin could check if med-mastodon has any server blocks that might be in the way.

apobangpo.space has no blocks in place.

@gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich @mwadmin I've just checked on the med-mastodon end. Can see we federate with apobangpo.space and there aren't any blocks there, can see a number of accounts from the instance and other stats. The same for mastodon.world both seem to be federating without issue.

I've seen a few folks already migrate off med-mastodon without issue and I can't see anything obvious on our end that would prevent someone moving at the moment...

@gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich @mwadmin I've just checked on the med-mastodon end. Can see we federate with apobangpo.space and there aren't any blocks there, can see a number of accounts from the instance and other stats. The same for mastodon.world both seem to be federating without issue.

I've seen a few folks already migrate off med-mastodon without issue and I can't see anything obvious on our end that would prevent someone moving at the moment...

@bich Did you try it without the @ at the front of the account name on the old account settings?

@bich random guess: maybe two factor authentication is the problem?

#migration #Fediverse

@bich I had the same problem and in the end I discovered that the user name is case sensitive for the migration

@bich Sometimes it helps to remove and re-add the alias for the old account on the new instance, then start the migration again.

@bich Not really clear for me too. Not being an expert . But did you export all data from your old instance first ? Starting with a complete new instance , not connected in any way with the old, and importing the data should do it ?

@wild1145 @gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich If I remember correctly, you should enter your new account without the ‘@‘ in front of it?

There are no limits on med-mastodon from .world

@masek Hmm...no, not it.

@gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich @mwadmin I've just checked on the med-mastodon end. Can see we federate with apobangpo.space and there aren't any blocks there, can see a number of accounts from the instance and other stats. The same for mastodon.world both seem to be federating without issue.

I've seen a few folks already migrate off med-mastodon without issue and I can't see anything obvious on our end that would prevent someone moving at the moment...

@pixelcats I tried and got an error message in both fields.

@hanktank61 I did that first. That's why a bunch of people I follow received notifications I was following from my new handle.

Importing who I follow and my lists are more important to me. It seems like migrating to new account would transport followers.

@wild1145 @gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @mwadmin @Pixelcats

I followed https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/ and https://apobangpo.website/how-to-join/move-to-apobangpo-space/, but have not been able to "Move to a different account" through my old account.

Since that seems to transfer followers, I'm fine with not being able to do that. I was able to export who I'm following and my lists and that was most important to me.

@bich if you haven’t found a resolution when you read this let me know.

@bich Hrrrm .. tis curious. Check you're not adding a space at the end. And if you're running 2FA on either account, try turning it off temporarily.