Re: [Evolution] Newbie-questions

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 13:12 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 13:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Menu bar > Help > Contents   or   F1-key
> >
> > Ctrl+F or Ctrl+S or click the search icon and type "back" and all your
> > backup related questions are answered.
>
> Strictly yes, but maybe not what you want. The built-in backup system
> is intended for migrating all your Evo data to another machine, or when
> reinstalling your system. It's not for doing regular backups. If you
> want to backup local data, look under ~/.local/share/evolution and
> ~/.config/evolution. However make sure Evo is completely stopped
> (evolution --force-shutdown) before using these files for backups or
> restores.

> From "Back up and restore"

"~/.bogofilter/"
"~/.spamassassin/"

and

"See Also
Data storage locations — Where does Evolution store my data on the
harddisk?"

is a link against

"Data storage locations
This is only interesting for advanced users who want to debug problems.
[snip]"

Regards,
Ralf