Re: [Evolution] migration strategies - Help!

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 19:28 -0700, bg wrote:
> I presently run Fedora Core2 and Evo 1.4.6.  Yeah, I know :-)
>
> I am about to sketch out a strategy for upgrading to (32-bit)
> Ubuntu 8.10, which includes Evo 2.24.3, although what with
> the rather aggressive nature of the synaptic package manager, 
> I will doubtless be involuntarily upgraded to a slightly later
> version within hours of installing.
>
> I have cruised out through the Web and read any number of FAQs and docs.
> It has given me the impression that Evo doesn't expect
> anyone to upgrade Evo versions, because every migration
> discussion I've seen refers to importing address books, folders,
> folder rules, and existing messages, from just about any other
> package out there *except* Evo. In playing with the trial installation
> on another box, I've verified that Evo doesn't recognize
> importing of those elements from previous Evo versions.
>
> This seems just a trifle odd :-)
>
> Obviously I am missing something. I need to pursue this before I
> launch the upgrade, because I have a large investment of time in
> all of the mentioned elements, and have no desire to have to recreate
> them manually from scratch.
>
> I am confident that there is a way for me to preserve my Evo 1.4.6
> Contacts, Folders & Filters, and the thousands of existing messages
> hanging around in those folders, and subsequently pass all of that
> data to my new Evo 2.24.3 (or whatever synaptic has it up to by then).
> But I cannot find documentation which demonstrates how to accomplish
> this.
>
> Can anyone point me to an appropriate resource?

Well a good starting point would be the archives of this list. Also,
check the FAQ, e.g.:

http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_transfer_all_my_Evolution_data_from_an_old_home_directory_to_a_new_home_directory.3F

poc