Read this if you are missing contacts or calendar entries after the Roundcube conversion.

Ellnave, Change is always hard, I get it & I've had my share of frustrations with this whole switch over, biggest problem was losing contacts & calendar & I'm pretty ticked off they didn't see this coming (they freaked out a LOT of people) so I'm glad they switched it back for now until they figure this out (sounds like firing the web developer might be in order here)....but understanding the new email system is not rocket science. You can figure stuff out eventually. It just takes time. I think the new system will be better in the long run but I highly doubt they have an entire "instruction manual" on how to navigate the enitre email interface. Not trying to be rude & I really have better things to do with my time than reply to this but your continuous demands & ranting could use a "chill pill". Life's too short.

No "ranting and raving," but rather basic expectations...that we be advised with sufficient notifications *before* any system changes occur, the steps that we should be taking beforehand to ensure that contacts, sent e-mail, and similar remain, and instructions for making the transition.  No one asked for an "entire instruction manual," however expecting every person to seamlessly be able to make this change is both unreasonable and unrealistic.  So...since we are all busy, do not respond to my requests for the aforementioned as this is Drew and his team that need to be doing so.

I agree Ellnave.  It is not fair to assume that we all know the technical specifics. I had heard of CSV but never Vcard. Besides the email I received on 01 26 17 about the change coming on 01 30 17 was worded differently from what is posted above. My email said no changes would be needed at all. 

Dear Valerie,

We want to let you know about a change that will affect the way you use your Homestead email.

Your webmail software is being upgraded from Open Exchange to RoundCube. The upgrade will take place on 1/30/2017. Newly created email accounts are automatically being set up in RoundCube. No action is required on your part.

This upgrade to RoundCube brings a modern look and feel to your webmail experience and includes new features like email filtering and mobile friendly design.

If you have any questions you can find more details at our community at Homestead Community.

Sincerely,
The Homestead Team

And I change my passwords several times a year. Though they now say that has been one of the barriers, that was not stated in the "preparation" email.  No mention that we should ensure we had a newer password, or tips on how to back up your old emails and contacts prior to the attempted change.  All we are saying Drew, is that this is supposed to be the company's area of expertise.  It is not ours.  That is why we pay Homestead our hard earned money to run host our site and emails.  Because we don't know code and don't have servers. 
All we are asking for is to use your expertise to prepare us with critical steps in anticipation for the change.  Yes, we understand unexpected things happen and  upgrades don't go well.  But, you have backup email addresses for all of us.  You should be updating everyone, via email blasts, by the hour, if things aren't working and your projected timeline to fix.  This is what companies do to assure and keep their clients.

Since we must keep our businesses running, we are wasting precious hours to try to resolve the problem on our end, only to find out that we still had access to the old email system if we were given the link to OS you've provided above.  And now to find your scratching the upgrade temporarily.  I haven't received ANY emails from Homestead since the announcement on 01 26 17. Not one.  If only info to go back to using the OS log in could have been provided one or two days ago. You would not get these long, frustrated responses if we were given more info upfront, rather than discovering midstream as we are running our business that nothing works.

Again, this was not anticipated and has nothing to do with the email system itself. Due to the way data is stored the system needs to be able to read contacts and calendar entries. To do that it must be able to read the password. Some of the passwords can't be read. Those passwords are very old. Old enough that there are no test boxes that have the issue, nor do the vast majority of accounts. So, if you were converted and missed your contacts, then update your password. That is the only thing you should need to do.

The conversion does not delete or remove anything from the old system, so if a glitch does occur on some accounts, we will be able to look into it pretty easily. Right now that is all the information I can provide.

I have been told that the issue of the conversion has been resolved and they are running some today. They plan on completing it next week. I have no way to request a hold on any accounts. The developers and mail administrators will start up again once they have confirmed the new procedure.

I can't seem to log in to my email address at all. "Invalid credentials"... I have changed the password, this is just irritating. Where am I supposed to be logging in at?? ashleymchale@mybelovedrose.com is my email address. I have a domain name package. This constant switching from intuit to homestead to ox to everything else under the sun is starting to become annoying. Too many changes. Just keep things the same and simple. Good grief. Please send me an email to regalblackrose@hotmail.com when ya'll figure out what is going on.