Re: [Evolution] Notes on Data migration Evolution 2.24.5 to 3.4.3

[Brian A Anderson <BrianAAnderson q com>]

On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 08:47 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 12:06 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > Finally, I would just point out that the best way of maintaining email
> > for use on multiple systems and that is fairly impervious to changes
> > in version is to keep your mail on a server and access it using IMAP -
> > that way you don't have to worry about moving data and if the upgrade
> > procedure doesn't work, all you will ever have to do is to re-enter
> > the account configuration.
>
> +1. In fact since Evo has supported IMAP since the beginning, a
> migration strategy for widely separated versions is to move the old mail
> onto an IMAP server, switch Evo versions, then just access it with the
> new one (or download it again if you really must). Pity this isn't so
> easy for contacts, tasks, filters etc.
>
> poc

Again this is not a practical way for me to have solved my problem.
I was forced into the situation by having a dying machine.
I believed I had minimal time once my system started to fail until it
was gone.   

In the long run an IMAP server is not really a good solution for I have
a less than perfect/good ISP.  I still need to access mail that arrived
both distant past and recent past.  Neither happen if either ISP net or
ISP's imap server go down.  Obviously, I am not using my Linux system in
an office building with a real IT team.   

Perhaps if I had 25 years ago had started with a system like IMAP, I
would not have gotten used to using a mail system that loads mail
messages into my local space.   Isn't hind sight perfect.

Another feature that IMAP presents could be support of multiple systems.
And again I don't have a real multiple systems usage.  I have 2 laptops
one old, one new.  Old one is dying. IE I am headed to having one
laptop.

Also I am using Evolution for mail use only and don't really care about
calender, contacts etc.

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