Re: [Evolution] Evolution problem

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

Most important first:

To backup all your local mail, contacts, etc. (Folder bar: Local
Folders) you can simply use:

$ tar czvf ~/backup-local.tar.gz  ~/evolution/local/

You can restore the data at any time from the compressed tarball.
However, that is only needed, if the data gets corrupted -- very
unlikely by upgrading Evolution.


> > FWIW: All indexing files are recreated on startup. I would always save
> > the entire structure without the indexing files (that means: directory
> > hierarchy, all mbox (!) files and all *.xml files are needed). [1]
>
> Whether you meant to copy all directory, subdirectories and files such
> as
> /home/satimis(user)/evolution/local/*.*

Note: *.* is generally a bad idea. This is *not* DOS (Windows) after
all... ;-)

*.* does not match the file "mbox" for example, which holds your mails
and therefore is the most important file.


> and in case of problem after upgrade, all/some mails in their respective
> boxes lost, edit all .xml files including "mbox, mbox.ev-summary and
> mbox.ibex" back to new mail boxes created for such purpose.  What I need
> to retain are only "inbox" and "sent" boxes.

What I said: You do not need the indexing files to be backed up.

However, I strongly advice to back up the *entire* structure with the
indexing files (see the command above) unless you know about those files
and do not need to ask...


> What is "directory hierarchy"?

It's the hierarchy of the directories (sic). That only means, do not
just save the mbox files on it's own. Make sure, to save the path to the
files as well. (The mentioned tarball holds that structure.) It's
important, to have subfolders (Folder bar) where they belong and were
before.


...guenther


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