Re: [Evolution] Evolution problem

[Stephen Liu <satimis icare com hk>]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your advice.

What I expect to retain are old mail boxes used by "satimis" (USER).  I
found all of them in following folder;

/home/satimis/evolution/local/

...
...
inbox
Outbox
retained (created for retaining useful emails)
Sent
...
etc

Could I copy all of them and paste them back after upgrade in case of
problem.  I did the same trick on Win Eudora by coping the incoming mail
box, outgoing mail box, etc.

B.Regards
Stephen


On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 22:43, Mark Gordon wrote:
> Only files in package management will be overwritten on upgrade
> (ignoring postinstall scripts, but they're not relevant in the current
> context).  Files kept in ~, including your mail, shouldn't be affected
> by package upgrades.
>
> New versions of software can and will modify some files in ~, typically
> because a configuration file format changed, or because a new
> configuration option has been added.
>
> If you want to be very cautious, you can close Evolution, run "killev",
> back up ~/evolution, perform the upgrade, and run Evolution.  If there
> are problems, one way out is to revert and restore ~/evolution.  Another
> option is to use IMAP.
>
> -Mark Gordon
>
> On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 10:35, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > RH 8.0
> > ======
> >
> > Thanks for your response.
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 16:41, Paul Hands wrote:
> > > Did you try "killev" or "oaf-slay" before rebooting?  That usually sorts
> > > out most things.
> >
> > No.  I will try next time when problem reoccurs
> >
> > > BTW, 1.08 is very old - the latest versions are much better.
> >
> > I have "evolution-1.4.0-1.i386.rpm" downloaded but hesitate to upgrade. 
> > Because I am worrying during upgrade the old email boxes will be
> > overwritten.  Is there a way to retain all old email boxes during
> > upgrade?
> >
> > B.Regards
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:33, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all folks,
> > > >
> > > > Ximian Evolution 1.0.8
> > > > ======================
> > > >
> > > > Occasionally when start "Evolution" popup following warning;
> > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database not
> > > > found
> > > > <<<<
> > > >
> > > > compelling me to reboot PC (relogin could not solve this problem)
> > > >
> > > > This happens after exiting "Evolution" and restart it later.
> > > >
> > > > Kindly advise how to solve this problem avoiding reboot
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > B.R.
> > > > Stephen Liu