Re: [Evolution] Evolution 3.26.2-1 - Cannot Back up or Export Local Data or Mail

["Thomas Prost" <tom prost-net de>]

> I'm on Debian Testing (Buster), using evolution with evolution-ews to
> connect to an Exchange 2008 EWS server. I'm not able to back up/export local
> data or mail from Evolution. I have Evolution set up on an office PC with
> "Synchronize remote mail locally in all folders". All my emails are
> successfully downloaded on this office PC, from which I want Back Up all the
> downloaded mail data and Import into Evolution on my work laptop.
>
> I've read a few guides online, all suggest that Evolution - File - "Back Up
> Evolution Data" should backup the email data and the config files. However,
> after performing the backup, the .tar.gz file is a tiny 10 kB and there are
> no emails in it. 
>
> Additionally, all online guides state that local mail should be in
> ~/.local/share/evolution/mail, but there are no emails in that folder on my
> system, the emails are actually in ~/.cache/evolution/mail. So as a
> desperate last attempt, I've copied the entire cache (which contains all of
> my emails) from the office PC to my work laptop in ~/.cache/evolution/mail,
> but the emails are not showing up in Evolution. Then I tried to copy my
> entire cache into the ~/.local/share/evolution/mail folder and they don't
> show up either. If I connect to the server, Evolution downloads all my email
> from scratch and does not see my copied cache, the problem is that I cannot
> download 22 Gb of emails this way, I need a way to export it.
>
> Would very much appreciate any advice anyone is able to provide. Thanks very
> much for your time in advance.
>
> Gibster

Why not take what MS has:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdav_101/2015/06/01/about-exchange-apis-to-backup-and-restore-data/
Better than tormenting EVO to do these things ?
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Best,
Thomas