Re: [Evolution] Sync'ing desktop & laptop Evolution

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> That suggests that Identity and POP/SMTP settings are not stored in
> ~/.evolution, but I cannot find where.  Anyone know?

They are in Gconf.  But please don't go grubbing around in the .gconf
file heirarchy and think that copying the info in there will work - it
probably won't, and has a high possibility of corrupting things.

(It won't work because the keys in Gconf have values that are
constructed from the hostname amongst other things.)

> My ideas on how best to clone the email database to/from the laptop are
> set out in another posting in here today.

Evo was never designed to be cloned or synced in this way (or any
other), so any methodology you create will be a total hack and will
ultimately result in you corrupting everything.

The best way, as others have said, is to use IMAP - you can then copy
the mail contents locally (i.e. tick the box that says "Synchronise
remote mail locally") so you have a copy when you are not online and
then let it sync back when it can.

P.