Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

[Dennis Reichel <dennis reichel net>]

Thanks John,

That's helpful information.  My understanding of IMAP is that either
the message header or header with message body may be downloaded.  For
a backup to be most useful, the message body should also be included.  

Cron or scheduled within Evolution, automatic data backups would be a
great feature.

Also, I'd appreciate a notification when message bodies are not
available to be backed up and a configuration option to attempt
downloading missing bodies for backup.

Dennis Reichel 

On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 10:10 -0400, John Lauterbach wrote:
> 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
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