Re: [Evolution] Restoring Evolution

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2022-08-31 at 00:22 +0800, Netsol.link wrote:
> > I would support this, though I'm sure some people might be upset
> > about
> > it. No-one expects their browser to have a built-in backup method,
> > so
> > why should their email system? I don't think other MUAs do this.
> >
> > poc
> > ___
> You right some of us maybe a bit put-off if this function was to be
> removed. I use it sparingly (2 or 3 times a year) as a backup of
> emails
> and contacts. I also regularly trim my emails to keep the file size
> small and when I do a backup, I delete the oldest one so I only ever
> have 2 backup files.
> I have also used backup/restore to transfer from one computer to
> another usually without any issues. I once got into trouble but it
> was
> my one fault, because I stupidly backed-up from a newer version and
> tried restored to an older version! (different distros have different
> versions in their repos!?). I got out of that one because I also
> regularly 'image' my drive (using Rescuezilla). I don't use a backup
> utility as my data is mostly not critical and does not change that
> much
> (I'm retired)

I'm also retired, but I still run a nightly backup.

> As for other MUAs I don't know about Linux once, but, coming from
> Windows, MS Oultlook keeps everything in one file (.pst) so it's easy
> to just copy this file to a backup drive, no need for a
> backup/restore
> function. 
> Unfortunately none of that helps the OP with his corrupted backup - I
> have not enough knowledge to offer any advice - sorry.

It's simple to get the same result as the current Backup function by
just running a tar command on the command line. Perhaps that should be
made explicit in the Help, with appropriate caveats, and the function
removed from the UI to avoid misleading the user.

poc