Re: [Evolution] Recovering Data Files after Reinstallation

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 14:19 -0700, N B Day wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 13:16 -0700, jonah nucleussystems com wrote:
> > Hello, world!
> >
> > I just upgraded to Ubuntu Natty 11.04.  The bummer is, I forgot that
> > Evolution has a backup feature, and I didn't export a backup file.  But
> > I did save a backup of my home folder.  To get my email, I tried copying
> > ~/.config/evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution to their respective
> > locations.  But when I start up Evolution, my email accounts are there
> > (i.e. I can send/receive email), but none of my old emails are there.
> >
> > In a desperate attempt, I created a new temporary user and mounted the
> > backup home folder to the home folder of the test user, and logged in. 
> > Evolution wouldn't even acknowledge the files, it just gave me the
> > start-up wizard.
> >
> > How can I get my mail back?
>
> You don't say what you upgraded from ....
>
> You probably have a .evolution directory in your home backup.  Delete
> everything in your new .local/share/evolution, restore .evolution to
> your new /home and then try it.  This *should* work; obviously it is
> much better to make the backup and restore from that.
>
> Evo now stores its data in .local/share like a well-behaved GNOME app,
> not in .evolution as previously.

Also in ~/.config/evolution.

poc