Re: [Evolution] Backup/Restore

["Mr. J" <comlbox sonic net>]

On Tue, 2020-12-22 at 12:51 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > If not, do any of the other
> > programs (i.e. Deja-Dup or Lucky Backup) allow one to back up and
> > recover the then up-to-date Evolution data? 
> Evolution's data files are largely text based, there's nothing
> magical
> about them. They are successfully backed and restored by any normal
> backup program.
>
> Evolution's data storage locations are in the application Help if
> you
> want to specifically back them up.
>
> If you use IMAP though, your mail is largely held on a server
> somewhere
> else and makes local backups less critical.
>
> P.

Thanks to you and ATW.  For reasons I'm not quite able to articulate,
I never tried to restore (or back up Evolution) with Deja-Dup.  I've
now switched to Lucky, and will try your suggestions.

Thanks again.
Ira