Re: [Evolution] reinstalling XP and saving Linux info and mail

[Daniel Gryniewicz <dang gentoo org>]

On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 10:18 +1000, David wrote:
> I have a similar query to that raised by Jo Atallah.
>
> I'm now running Evolution on 2 systems - v2.8.2-2 on Win XP SP2 and
> v2.10.1 on Ubuntu 7.04
>
> I've been previously caught by system failures that result in annoying
> losses of data. In order not to lose emails, contacts, calendar events,
> tasks, ..etc.. that I've already entered into Evolution I want to back
> up the files that will enable me to do a complete re-load of my data if
> a re-install of the OS ever becomes necessary. This applies particularly
> to XP.
>
> Can somebody please advise precisely which files need to be backed up,
> and whether there is any particular procedure to follow when
> re-introducing those backed up files to the re-installed Evolution.
>
> Thanks in anticipation.

Hi, David.

This is documented in the FAQ (which is not, apparently, easy to find
unless you know where to look...)  The particular answer is here:
http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_completely_backup_evolution.3F

Daniel