[Evolution] SolvedRe: Evolution backup/restore problem

[Simon Roberts <thorpflyer yahoo com>]

Thanks, with some fiddling, and reentering some passwords, it's going again now.

Cheers,
Simon


 "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." 
â Naguib Mahfouz



----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Keydel <news mkeydel eu>
> To: evolution-list gnome org
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:42:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Evolution backup/restore problem
>
> ï
> > Hi all,
> Hej,
>
> > I just upgraded my main system from OpenSuSE 10.3 to 11.0. I use
> >  evolution for my calendar and mail, and as I've done in the past, I
> >  made a backup of my home directory before doing the new install. Then
> >  I copied back the contents of ~/.evolution, ~/.gconf/apps/evolution,
> >  and ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution. I thought that was all I had done in
> >  the past, and that had been sufficient to restore all my mail
> >  configurations, folders, etc. But this time it doesn't seem to have
> >  worked. When I start evolution, it seems to come up as a new install,
> >  and starts taking me through the wizard to set it all up.
> Do read this?
>
> http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ
> 4 Interoperability
> 4.1 Where does Evolution store my data?
> 4.2 How can I completely backup evolution?
> 4.3 How can I transfer all my Evolution data between computers/to a new
> partition/to a new computer?
>
> With my SUSE 11.0 and Evolution 2.22.1.1 it works.
>
> >  "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell
> >  whether a man is wise by his questions." â Naguib Mahfouz
> Where do you found this?
>
> cu,
> Michael
>
>
>
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