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

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

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. 
> 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.
> 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.
> Do you have any idea on what's happening?

Yes, you are jumping across multiple generations of the product.
Internal storage has changed considerably [ it now uses XDG and SQLite
].

Is .evolution folder still around?  That is where ancient versions of
Evolution stored their data.

"If you run Evolution 2.32.0 or later, data will be stored according to
the XDG Base Directory Specification. "
<http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.1/data-storage.html.en>

<http://softsolder.com/2010/10/19/evolution-2-32-email-folder-location/>