Re: [Evolution] Removing Ubuntu 9.04, Installing 14.04. How to move Evo?

[Swarup <dinbandhu sprynet com>]

On Sat, 2014-04-19 at 09:56 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 20:59 -0400, Swarup wrote:
> > 2) Here is another method, if the above won't work for any reason.
> > This
> > method details how to save every mailbox folder separately.
> >
> > http://www.stchman.com/export_evolution.html
> >
> > This method was detailed by a fellow running Evolution 2.10.1, which
> > is
> > even older than mine. So I guess it should work for me as well. A bit
> > tedious, doing each mailbox folder separately-- but if I have to do it
> > then that is another option.
>
> Better would be to move existing mail folders onto an IMAP server (e.g.
> Gmail or Fastmail). For modest amounts of mail, Evo can do this with
> drag and drop. For large mailboxes it's probably more convenient to use
> ImapSync (http://imapsync.lamiral.info/). Note that you still have to
> transfer contact information and filter rules separately.

1. What about creating the compressed backup file,
"evolution-backup.tar.gz"? I thought that was looking like a wonderful
approach. The new evo won't be able to import that?

2. Re your suggestion above, do you mean just drag the mail folders one
at a time and literally drop them into my gmail account? Where in the
gmail account window do I drop them?

As for the size of the mail folders, most may contain around 150-200
emails. A few have 500-700 mails, still fewer have ~1500 mails. My
outbox, on the other hand has 14,600 emails in it.

Once I have them in the gmail account, the new evo will import them from
there? Is it that one selects something like "Import from IMAP server"?

Thanks,
Swarup