Re: [Evolution] Backup to remote host

[Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan novell com>]

Richard,

On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 07:29 -0800, Richard Doyle wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 09:05 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 20:00 -0800, Richard Doyle wrote:
> > > The backup-restore plugin (Evolution 2.12.1 running under Ubuntu 7.10)
> > > works fine for local storage, but not for remote storage: "Backup
> > > Settings..." brings up a browse window titled "Select name of the
> > > Evolution backup file"; selecting a remote host starts a spinner that
> > > which never finishes spinning. The remote host is accessible through
> > > Nautilus.
> > >
> > > Anybody know how to backup to a remote host using this plugin?
> >
> > Probably the simplest way is just to backup locally and copy the backup
> > file.
> Yes, that would work. However, the release announcement for version
> 2.10.0 described a "Revamped Backup/Restore plugin: Backup Evolution
> data and settings and restore on the same or different machine", which
> is apparently untrue.
>
> I'll file a bug report.

Yeah. That is a bug. I probably didn't implement the download of remote
file. File one and CC me on the report please.

-Srini.