Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 09:13 -0700, Julio Sergio Santana wrote:
> Some time ago, I changed my machine, and I thought the simplest way to keep
> my mail messages was to utilize the Evolution backup operation. 

Which Evolution version was on the old machine?

> When I restored the information in the new machine, Evolution told me that
> it was doing something like translating into a "sqlite" format, and after
> several minutes I didn't get all my old folders and messages.

Which Evolution version is on the new machine?

> I have explored the Evolution standard directories in my machine, and I've
> learnt that the information is in $HOME/.local/share/evolution/mail/local,
> where I found files like MYFOLDER, MYFOLDER.cmeta, MYFOLDER.ev-summary,
> MYFOLDER.ev-summary-meta, MYFOLDER.ibex.index, and MYFOLDER.ibex.index.data.
> However, none of the folders (type MYFOLDER), are visible in Evolution.

If you start Evolution from a terminal window by entering the command
"evolution", what is the output that you get?

andre
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