Re: [Evolution] Saving Mails? And then some...

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> To take a "snapshot" of evolution just tar and compress the ~/evolution
> directory (that's in your home dir).  When you install Suse simply
> extract the file to your new home dir.
>
> Be sure that evolution has shut down before compressing a snapshot. 
> This command should do it.
> $> evolution --force-shutdown

As Mark pointed out, you will need to backup the GConf settings as well,
since you are using a 1.4.x version.

When backing up, only use methods that preserve your file permissions (a
compressed tar-ball is fine, do not copy it to a FAT fs or CD).

After restoring the backup to the appropriate directories, you likely
have to adjust the owner and group of the files, recursively.

And make sure, to update to a Evolution 1.4.x version before starting
the first time on the new system.


> --------------------------------------------------
> I have a secondary question though:

Please, ask unrelated questions in new threads.


> Is it possible to save the messages, but not the settings?  I would like
> to save all my messages so I can go back to them (archive) but I don't
> want them to clog up my working Evo.  So every month or so I'll export
> all the messages to another machine.
>
> An important consideration is being able to search through these
> archives and being able to add onto them monthly.

You can copy/move the mbox files stored in your ~/evolution/local/
directory.

...guenther


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