Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

[John Lauterbach <lauterba bellsouth net>]

I checked this recently using evolution 3.16.5 running under Ubutnu 15.10 beta.  Used evolution backup routine (Backup EvolutionData).  Saved backup file to spare partition on my SSD.  Then copied the backup file to a 3 TB Toshiba USB drive.  Moved drive over to another PC running same versions of evolution and OS.  Copied contents of USB drive to Desktop.  Restored evolution form the backup file and checked mail, contacts, etc.(I have evolution set not to check mail on startup).  Everything okay.

It would be a nice addition to evolution to be able to schedule backups at a certain time each day.  I use SpiderOak for offsite backup.  If I could have evolution do this automatically, I would never lose more than a day's e-mail.

John

-----Original Message-----

From: Dennis Reichel <dennis reichel net>

Reply-to: dennis reichel net

To: Evolution Mailing List <evolution-list gnome org>

Subject: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:19:47 -0400

What are the best practices for backing up Evolution data? 

Though these are (mostly) general sorts of questions, I'm using
Evolution 3.16.5 on Fedora 22.

What specifically is backed up when you back up you "Backup Evolution
Data.."?

What can be done to ensure the entire email base is both downloaded
from the imap servers
and included in the backup archives?

Are contacts backed up? (including Google Contacts and CardDav
contacts)

How does this handle accounts that are created by "Gnome's Online
Account service"?

What happens if this backup is restored on a non-Gnome Linux machine?

Many Thanks