Re: [Evolution] New to Evolution 2.x

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > I've been using Fedora Core 1 and 2 for some time now, along with
> > Evolution 1.4. This afternoon, I downloaded and installed Fedora Core 3.
> > I have copied my old email directory (/home/nbc/evolution) so I have my
> > old local mail folders and addressbook information.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1) I'm using an IMAP server, but I had 10 or 15 local mail folders - how
> > do I import these into Evolution 2.x? Do I have to import each mbox one
> > at a time?
> >
> > 2) How do I import my address book into the Contacts section?
>
> for your interest:
> evolution <=1.4.x used to use the directory "~/evolution".
> "~/.evolution" is the directory which is used by evolution 1.5.x/2.0.x
> to store its data.
>
> both your questions should be solved by forcing evolution to explicitly
> import all data by starting it with "evolution --force-migrate".
> evolution should recognize the old 1.4 data in the folder "~/evolution"
> and should convert it to "~/.evolution".
> since i assume that you have already used 2.0.x, evolution should
> *normally* ask you questions since some files already exist (but be
> careful to not overwrite your new email files with the old ones by
> fault!). therefore it's a bit risky and i'd strongly consider to backup
> everything before doing this, e.g. by shutting down evolution properly
> by "evolution --force-shutdown" and then .tar.gz'ing both the 2.0.x
> directory (~/.evolution) and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution if you also
> want your settings. make sure to also shutdown gconf (gconftool-2
> --shutdown) before restoring the files otherwise it may not pick them up
> properly.
>
> take a look into the archives for an exact description of it...

Here's how to force migration:

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-September/039343.html

Be careful! This will overwrite all your Evolution 2.0.x data! This
likely isn't an issue for you, if you did not change/add any vital data
like Contacts, account settings or local mail.

FYI: Evolution would have automagically migrated all your old stuff, if
you would have restored the old (1.4.x) ~/evolution directory before
running Evolution 2.0.x for the first time...

....guenther


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