Re: [Evolution] Migrate data from 2.28,3 to 3.10.4

[Alexander Miller <ambler shaw ca>]

> First, make sure you backup your filesystem, don't just rely on the
> backup created within Evolution.

I guess you mean the Evolution files, not the entire filesystem?
That would be just everything in ~/.local/share/evolution? Sorry,
I'm a novice user so I need fairly detailed step-by-step help.

> Evo should upgrade an old file structure the first time its run - be
> careful not to run Evo without the old files in place because it will
> create all the necessary things and not do the upgrade when the files
> are put in place....
>   I've never had any problems ever with the Evo upgrade
> process, but I've never done such a fairly large jump of versions.

I'm not really talking about an Evolution upgrade process - rather about
doing a fresh install of Mint 17 after deleting v.14; then installing Evo
via the package manager, which would use Evo 3.10.4 (or maybe later.)
My question then is how to save the data now, from 2.28.3, and later load
it into the newer version.

> But nevertheless, even if the automatic upgrade fails, the mail folders
> will still all exist in the backup.  Evo stores the mail in standard
> formats - whether that be mbox or Maildir - so all you need do is to
> find the mail folders and copy the mail over by hand within Evo.  Yes,
> it's a pain having to do that, but it is possible to do.  I, and many
> others, have detailed the process for doing this on the mailing list
> many times over the last few years.

I've been searching the mailing list archives but find it a bit difficult
to locate posts that a) I fully understand and/or b) help me. As for IMAP I
don't feel a need for it and don't understand how it would help if I were
to switch to it now. I've been perfectly happy with POP and 2.28.3. I
wouldn't be thinking of upgrading Mint to the current LTS if it weren't for
the recent publicity about bash vulnerability.