Re: [Evolution] Where are emails stored?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 20:24 +0000, Ray Parkin wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.  I have inserted answers, as far as I know
> them, below each of your questions.
> On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 13:51 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: 
> > 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.
> It's Evolution Mail, version 2.30.3.  As it's for Linux Mint, it
> should be the same coding as for Ubuntu. 

That is pretty old.  I believe you'll find everything under
~/.evolution.  Although just using the Backup/Restore feature is
probably best - you'll almost certainly be advancing to a more current
version.  The FAQ "Where does Evolution store my data?" is correct.

Although you still didn't specify what type of mail account we are
talking about;  the above is true for the default local/POP account.

> > > 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.
> Version number as above.  Which aspects of the configuration do you
> need to know? 

You can make a variety of mail accounts: POP, Maildir, MH, mbox, IMAP,
IMAPX, Groupwise, Exchange [even a couple of ways to do that, depends on
the version].

> > 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".
> Just tried this; I just get told that it's a directory. 

?? It is a directory.

> > Why not just use the backup & restore feature built into Evolution?   
> > Not that this can only go forward versions, not backwards.
> Backup and Restore are enabled, but I can only backup or restore
> settings.  Does this include the mailboxes too?  And does it restore
> them to their initial state (i.e. empty) or to their present state?
> I hope that I provided enough information.

Maybe that is version dependent;  I have a backup restore option for
data.  But 2.3 was quite some time ago so I may remember incorrectly.