Re: [Evolution] Where are emails stored?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

Quoting Ray Parkin <rayparkin macace net>:
> At present, I am using Linux Mint 10 with Evolution as my email client.

Really?  Why not say what version of **Evolution** you are using.

> I will be transferring to Debian 6 but, before I do, I need to locate my
> emails so that I can save them then install them on the new system.
> However, I cannot find the folder on the hard drive where they are
> stored.

Depends on the version of Evolution and how you have the account  
configured.  Provide that information.

> I have tried the suggestions on the faqs page, but those locations do
> not seem to exist, even though I have over 300 emails stored somewhere.

Which FAQ?  Odds are the page you are looking at doesn't correspond to  
your version of Evolution [which you didn't provide].

The Evolution pre/post 3.x moved the data store around quite a bit.   
The latest versions follow the XDG standard for locating data in  
".local/share/evolution".

Why not just use the backup & restore feature built into Evolution?   
Not that this can only go forward versions, not backwards.