diff --git a/src/views/email.html b/src/views/email.html
index ea37240e6..f0f3882bf 100644
--- a/src/views/email.html
+++ b/src/views/email.html
@@ -199,6 +199,45 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<!-- Modal import mailboxes -->
+<div class="modal fade" id="mailboxImportModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog">
+  <div class="modal-dialog">
+    <div class="modal-content">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+        <h4 class="modal-title">Import Users</h4>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-body">
+        <div ng-show="!mailboxImport.done">
+          <div ng-show="!mailboxImport.busy">
+            <p>The import requires a specific schema for JSON. The detailed schema is described in our <a href="" target="_blank">documentation</a></p>
+            <input type="file" style="display: none;" id="mailboxImportFileInput" accept="application/json"/>
+            <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="mailboxImport.openFileInput()">Select JSON file</button>
+            <br/>
+            <br/>
+            <p class="text-danger" ng-show="mailboxImport.error.file">{{ mailboxImport.error.file }}</p>
+            <p ng-show="mailboxImport.mailboxes.length">Found {{ mailboxImport.mailboxes.length }} mailboxes to import</p>
+          </div>
+          <div ng-show="mailboxImport.busy" class="progress progress-striped active">
+            <div class="progress-bar progress-bar-success" role="progressbar" style="width: {{ mailboxImport.percent }}%"></div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div ng-show="mailboxImport.done">
+          <p>{{ mailboxImport.success }} mailboxes successfully imported.</p>
+          <div ng-show="mailboxImport.error.import.length">
+            <p class="text-danger">The following mailboxes were not imported:</p>
+            <div ng-repeat="tmp in mailboxImport.error.import"><b>{{ tmp.mailbox.name }}@{{ tmp.mailbox.domain }}:</b> {{ tmp.error.message }}</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">{{ 'main.dialog.close' | tr }}</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="mailboxImport.import()" ng-show="!mailboxImport.done" ng-disabled="mailboxImport.busy || !mailboxImport.mailboxes.length"><i class="fa fa-circle-notch fa-spin" ng-show="mailboxImport.busy"></i> Import</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+
 <!-- Modal add mailinglist -->
 <div class="modal fade" id="mailinglistAddModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog">
   <div class="modal-dialog">
@@ -368,7 +407,10 @@
       <div class="text-left">
         <h3 style="margin-bottom: 15px;">{{ 'email.incoming.mailboxes.title' | tr }}
           <button class="btn btn-primary btn-outline pull-right" ng-click="mailboxes.add.show()"  ng-disabled="!domain.mailConfig.enabled" tooltip-enable="!domain.mailConfig.enabled" uib-tooltip="{{ 'email.incoming.mailboxes.disabledTooltip' | tr }}"><i class="fa fa-inbox"></i> {{ 'email.incoming.mailboxes.addAction' | tr }}</button>
-
+          <div class="btn-group pull-right" style="margin-left: 5px;">
+            <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="mailboxImport.show()" uib-tooltip="Import Mailboxes" tooltip-append-to-body="true"><i class="fa fa-file-import"></i></button>
+            <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="mailboxExport()" uib-tooltip="Export Mailboxes" tooltip-append-to-body="true"><i class="fa fa-file-export"></i></button>
+          </div>
           <input class="form-control pull-right" style="width: 200px;" placeholder="{{ 'main.searchPlaceholder' | tr }}" type="text" ng-model="mailboxes.search" ng-model-options="{ debounce: 1000 }" ng-change="mailboxes.updateFilter()" />
         </h3>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/views/email.js b/src/views/email.js
index 099e0fac0..9a7402575 100644
--- a/src/views/email.js
+++ b/src/views/email.js
@@ -353,6 +353,111 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('EmailController', ['$scope', '$locatio
         }
     };
 
+    $scope.mailboxImport = {
+        busy: false,
+        done: false,
+        error: null,
+        percent: 0,
+        success: 0,
+        mailboxes: [],
+
+        reset: function () {
+            $scope.mailboxImport.busy = false;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.error = null;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.mailboxes = [];
+            $scope.mailboxImport.percent = 0;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.success = 0;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.done = false;
+        },
+
+        handleFileChanged: function () {
+            $scope.mailboxImport.reset();
+
+            var fileInput = document.getElementById('mailboxImportFileInput');
+            if (!fileInput.files || !fileInput.files[0]) return;
+
+            var file = fileInput.files[0];
+            if (file.type !== 'application/json') return console.log('Unsupported file type.');
+
+            const reader = new FileReader();
+            reader.addEventListener('load', function () {
+                $scope.$apply(function () {
+                    try {
+                        $scope.mailboxImport.mailboxes = JSON.parse(reader.result);
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        console.error('Failed to parse mailboxes.', e);
+                        $scope.mailboxImport.error = { file: 'Imported file is not valid JSON' };
+                    }
+
+                    // TODO check for validity and minium requirements for the mailboxes from JSON
+                    // currently supported and required fields are:
+                    //      domain
+                    //      name
+                    //      ownerId
+                    //      ownerType
+                });
+            }, false);
+            reader.readAsText(file);
+        },
+
+        show: function () {
+            $scope.mailboxImport.reset();
+
+            // named so no duplactes
+            document.getElementById('mailboxImportFileInput').addEventListener('change', $scope.mailboxImport.handleFileChanged);
+
+            $('#mailboxImportModal').modal('show');
+        },
+
+        openFileInput: function () {
+            $('#mailboxImportFileInput').click();
+        },
+
+        import: function () {
+            $scope.mailboxImport.percent = 0;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.success = 0;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.done = false;
+            $scope.mailboxImport.error = { import: [] };
+            $scope.mailboxImport.busy = true;
+
+            var processed = 0;
+
+            async.eachSeries($scope.mailboxImport.mailboxes, function (mailbox, callback) {
+                Client.addMailbox(mailbox.domain, mailbox.name, mailbox.ownerId, mailbox.ownerType, function (error) {
+                    if (error) $scope.mailboxImport.error.import.push({ error: error, mailbox: mailbox });
+                    else ++$scope.mailboxImport.success;
+
+                    ++processed;
+                    $scope.mailboxImport.percent = 100 * processed / $scope.mailboxImport.mailboxes.length;
+
+                    callback();
+                });
+            }, function (error) {
+                if (error) return console.error(error);
+
+                $scope.mailboxImport.busy = false;
+                $scope.mailboxImport.done = true;
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    $scope.mailboxExport = function () {
+        // FIXME only does first 10k mailboxes
+        Client.listMailboxes($scope.domain.domain, '', 1, 10000, function (error, result) {
+            if (error) {
+                Client.error('Failed to list mailboxes. Full error in the webinspector.');
+                return console.error('Failed to list mailboxes.', error);
+            }
+
+            var file = new Blob([ JSON.stringify(result, null, 2) ], { type: 'application/json' });
+            var a = document.createElement('a');
+            a.href = URL.createObjectURL(file);
+            a.download = $scope.domain.domain.replaceAll('.','_') + '-mailboxes.json';
+            document.body.appendChild(a);
+            a.click();
+        });
+    };
+
     $scope.mailboxes = {
         mailboxes: [],
         search: '',