Re: [Evolution] major problem: changing my Linux without loosing my Evolution mail...

[Arthur Smith <artpub somethingcool com>]

Joao,

For backing up in the future... I think this came from this mail list a
while back:

I found this at:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2005-January/msg00117.html
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> What is the safe way to backup Evolution data? Is backing
up .evolution/
> sufficient enough? 

Your data is in ~/.evolution and your settings are stored using GConf in
your ~/.gconf/apps/evolution directory.

Before backing up the Evolution data, close Evolution and it's backend
tasks. Before backing up the settings (in GConf) close the GConf daemon
as well. If either one is running, you might end up with old (not synced
to disk) and probably even broken data.

$ evolution --force-shutdown
$ gconftool-2 --shutdown

For backup purposes only you can omit most of the indexing data.


Restoring the backup is another topic, although very similar to the
above. Make sure Evolution and GConf are not running, while restoring
those dirs.

...guenther

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 16:25 +0100, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I really need help here.... I absolutelly must upgrade my Linux
> distribution, but I must not loose my Evolution mail... I'm (still)
> using Evolution 1.4.5.
>
> I've tried copying the Evolution directory to another system, but it
> does not work.... (I removed the previous evolution directory, replaced
> it with my stuff, but no success, Evolution does not 'see' my stuff)
>
> PLEASE: someone help me... is there a compatible format to export to and
> then import in the new instalation ? anything... ???
>
> thank you
>
> jmf
>
>
>
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