Re: [Evolution] Recover IMAP email from local copy

[ev trauco neverbox com]

On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 11:02 -0500, Bob Cataldo - rCataldo mfvexpo com
wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ev trauco neverbox com
> To: evolution-list gnome org
> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:15:42 -0500
> Subject: [Evolution] Recover IMAP email from local copy
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I accidentally deleted all my email from one of my IMAP accounts.
> > However, I've always have a local copy of my email and happen to have
> > one from a few weeks ago, which I'd like to import back.
> > 
> > So I have an old .evolution folder with the local copies
> > under .evolutoin/mail/imap etc etc. I've tried to import single files
> > using the 'import' function, but it doesn't work. Does anybody know how
> > to accomplish this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Carlos
> > 
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> 
> Carlos,
> What I did when I needed to restore mail from my local account to my imap
> server was using copy and paste.
> 
> My mail has a local inbox. I hi-lited all the mail in my local inbox, and
> selected copy. I then opened the inbox for my imap mail and selected paste.
> 
> That worked for me.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 

Hi Bob,

This problem is slightly different, I think. I deleted all my IMAP email
from the server (which automatically deletes it from the local copy).
The thing is how to read the email from a backup copy I have of
the .evolution folder.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Carlos