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

[Ángel <angel 16bits net>]

Swarup wrote:
> You seem to be describing a way of utilizing both gmail and evo together
> ("Gmail with IMAP via Evo"), going forward. And it sounds interesting.
>
> But I could not understand where you've described how I am to get all
> the mail from my old evo into my new one. That is the main thing I need
> to get done first.

He is proposing to do so by storing your email in an imap server. So you
actually move from old-evo to imap. Then new-evo uses the account as
imap.

I actually find it more complicated than it should.


> Also please comment on the below option (which I asked about above). It
> seems like by far the easiest and most straightforward method for
> migrating my mail from the old evo to the new, if it will work:
>
> What about creating the compressed backup file,
> "evolution-backup.tar.gz"? I thought that was looking like a wonderful
> approach. Will the new evo be able to import this file and thereby bring
> in all my old mail?
>
> Thanks,
> Swarup

It *should* be able to do so. I would first test the backup file in your
old evolution (create a new user account in ubuntu 9.04, import the file
and check you have everything you expected) to ensure it has been
created correctly. And still, keep backups of the files. I think that
old evolution may be using mbox instead of maildir as newer versions.
But are nonetheless easily recoverable.

Regards