Moving KMail conf files and also emails to new installation.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello list, I have two machines running SuSE 9.1. On one machine (the old one) I have my current email accounts set up in KMail. I would like to copy the complete setup for KMail from my old machine to my new machine; including profiles, filters, emails and folder setup. Can I ; 1. Copy the .kmailrc conf file from the old machine over the top of the KMail configuration file on the new machine (all profile details will be the same). 2. Create the new folders in KMail (on the new machine) and then copy the email files using cp and preserving timestamps and permissions. The result that I am after is a carbon copy of the KMail (complete with emails (with correct arrival dates,read,unread flags etc...) filters etc...) on the old machine, transferred to the new machine. Thanks in advance for any help. Al - -- Public Key to be found at www.keyserver.net. Search for tag@ukfsn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQPWRWCPPRZ4cr7uiAQJoxwP9HsMBFNANMzh73Xk0pPJE3Cb3yL4RPs0E OY8LaJjQibQujam4JwP0SUJgX+RSqBrjp9UvCS9bUja4Qhjp588ULvwOVSd18Bes W85KR0czR0bnBl+/Tqq+Yhl+PohITaxmKtrB2eOh5tolpR5LjTD0GY5ke9DY2cW5 rTkKdIsJSsA= =0VYz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 15:02, Lists wrote:
Hello list, I have two machines running SuSE 9.1. On one machine (the old one) I have my current email accounts set up in KMail. I would like to copy the complete setup for KMail from my old machine to my new machine; including profiles, filters, emails and folder setup. Can I ;
1. Copy the .kmailrc conf file from the old machine over the top of the KMail configuration file on the new machine (all profile details will be the same).
Yes. (It's ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc, BTW).
2. Create the new folders in KMail (on the new machine) and then copy the email files using cp and preserving timestamps and permissions.
It would be a lot easier to just tar up the mail directory (I believe KMail uses ~/Mail by default), copy the tarball over and untar on the new machine. This will preserve everything you want preserved. -- Homepage http://scott.exti.net XFce desktop environment http://www.xfce.org Goodies for the XFce desktop http://xfce-goodies.berlios.de GPG public key ID: 811B00AB
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 14 July 2004 21:18, Scott Jones wrote:
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 15:02, Lists wrote:
Hello list, I have two machines running SuSE 9.1. On one machine (the old one) I have my current email accounts set up in KMail. I would like to copy the complete setup for KMail from my old machine to my new machine; including profiles, filters, emails and folder setup. Can I ;
1. Copy the .kmailrc conf file from the old machine over the top of the KMail configuration file on the new machine (all profile details will be the same).
Yes. (It's ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc, BTW).
2. Create the new folders in KMail (on the new machine) and then copy the email files using cp and preserving timestamps and permissions.
It would be a lot easier to just tar up the mail directory (I believe KMail uses ~/Mail by default), copy the tarball over and untar on the new machine. This will preserve everything you want preserved.
Thanks to everyone who replied! Cheers Al - -- Public Key to be found at www.keyserver.net. Search for tag@ukfsn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQPwaCyPPRZ4cr7uiAQIr0wP+LqrKvr1UeB4iidZghhxRuhW5ZmyxYYXl /jZ4GazNBb3bdvAOAGoiDDsSCAkIZ5UnCAyyknPNWGWl6PDK0Sg0H+ssSJsWKGCL yNhrXwz3WuZTrNCo5gn/g2dQui5ejlYKwqKBLQeHsboSOxrqhQzky3I7w70dFyLT OPmWaSQo5b8= =LKs2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 16:02, Lists wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Hello list, I have two machines running SuSE 9.1. On one machine (the old one) I have my current email accounts set up in KMail. I would like to copy the complete setup for KMail from my old machine to my new machine; including profiles, filters, emails and folder setup. Can I ;
1. Copy the .kmailrc conf file from the old machine over the top of the KMail configuration file on the new machine (all profile details will be the same).
2. Create the new folders in KMail (on the new machine) and then copy the email files using cp and preserving timestamps and permissions.
The result that I am after is a carbon copy of the KMail (complete with emails (with correct arrival dates,read,unread flags etc...) filters etc...) on the old machine, transferred to the new machine. Thanks in advance for any help. Al
Habe ich mehrmals gemacht. Mails und folders: einfach Verzeichnis Mail kopieren (und gegebenfalls mit chown dem "neuen" Benutzer geben. Falls dann leere Mails angezeigt werden: Indexdateien löschen. Die filtern usw. sind (waren jedenfalls) in ./kde/share/config/kmailrc Sonst sind auch die Dateien in /home/<user>/.kde/share/apps/kmail zu kopieren (jedenfalls sind sie bei mir dort, ich benutze aber nicht mehr SuSE), und den Verzeichnis kabc (enthält den Adressbuch!). Das wär's. Allerdings würde ich vorher sicherstellen, dass cih einen guten Backup habe. Ich selbst mache immer eine Neuinstallation NEBEN der alten - die kann ich spöter löschen, wen ich sichergestellt habe, das alles läuft. Thierry -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" - Albert Einstein
On Thursday 15 July 2004 04.23, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
Habe ich mehrmals gemacht.
Mails und folders: einfach Verzeichnis Mail kopieren (und gegebenfalls mit chown dem "neuen" Benutzer geben. Falls dann leere Mails angezeigt werden: Indexdateien löschen.
Die filtern usw. sind (waren jedenfalls) in ./kde/share/config/kmailrc
Sonst sind auch die Dateien in /home/<user>/.kde/share/apps/kmail zu kopieren (jedenfalls sind sie bei mir dort, ich benutze aber nicht mehr SuSE), und den Verzeichnis kabc (enthält den Adressbuch!).
don't forget any gpg keys, in /home/.gnupg/ In fact, why not just take all of $HOME :)
Das wär's. Allerdings würde ich vorher sicherstellen, dass cih einen guten Backup habe. Ich selbst mache immer eine Neuinstallation NEBEN der alten -
Neben? Wie meinst du?
die kann ich spöter löschen, wen ich sichergestellt habe, das alles läuft.
Thierry
-- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" - Albert Einstein
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don't forget any gpg keys, in /home/.gnupg/
In fact, why not just take all of $HOME
Anders, I can tell you why I can not, tho I'm not certain for our friend here... my home is three times the size of dvds, tar.bzips aren't reliable enough to risk it ( did that to my cost on a couple of occassions) and things like that there... as the kids here say ( nasyt spotty little gits ;) ) I'd love to know if there is a program that would look at a dvd for instance as if it were a tape and would just yell when it needed a new one.. so far, I've not found one. But I'm still looking ;) -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Init string? No, looks like old rope.....
On Wednesday 14 Jul 2004 23:10, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
I'd love to know if there is a program that would look at a dvd for instance as if it were a tape and would just yell when it needed a new one.. so far, I've not found one. But I'm still looking ;)
Mondo Rescue: http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ It seems like a really good (free) back up system for linux. I've been using it on a SuSE server for quite a while (just over a year). It's not quite as simple as tar, but works great once you get the hang of it. -- Cheers James Ots www.jamesots.com
On Thursday 15 July 2004 00.10, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
tar.bzips aren't reliable enough to risk it ( did that to my cost on a couple of occassions)
explain?
I'd love to know if there is a program that would look at a dvd for instance as if it were a tape and would just yell when it needed a new one.. so far, I've not found one. But I'm still looking ;)
There was a *huge* thread on SLE just this week Subject: Backups. I know you didn't miss it, you participated in it :) Wasn't the suggestions there to your liking?
reliable enough to risk it ( did that to my cost on a couple of occassions)
explain? As you know, I amd working to get thig thing into some sembleance of at least a semi pro video/movie editing station, as well as my regualar art projects.. And I'm a life member of Dugital Blasphemy. This means I have a huge amoung of works, my own and others in my home directory at various times. Once before, probably around 7.2 -8.0 maybe, someone suggested I do tar.gzip or bzip backups to get my home dir ( $Home (?) ) onto a series of cd's, so the gzips weremade not of the entire directory but
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There was a *huge* thread on SLE just this week Subject: Backups. I know you didn't miss it, you participated in it :) Wasn't the suggestions there to your liking?
actually, I have been fighting w/ a huge migraine the past week or two, and forgot that discussion. My advantage over what my other half does is, I keep my emails for a long time, especially any discussion that looks like it has a solution to things I might need, so once I can see w/ both eyes open, I shall upon your recomendation, re-read that group of emails again. Am I forgiven , master? OR shall I do 100/500 lines again . I"I will check archives before making silly requests" or something similar????? penitantly, -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : BREAKFAST.COM Halted...Cereal Port Not Responding
Hallo Liste, ich habe am Wochenende SuSE9.0 Professional auf 9.1 upgedatet und auch die Onlinepatches geholt aber seit dem funktioniert der Mailversandt nicht mehr! Sinnigerweise kann ich Mails empfangen und obwohl ich lt. Protokoll connected bin, wird der Mailserver beim Senden nicht erkannt. Ich wähle mich per Kinternet mit einem Analogmodem bei T-Online ein und habe bisher den Fehler nicht finden können. Hat jemand von Euch Freaks eine Idee, woran der Fehler in KMAIL liegen könnte? Gruß Peter Schubert phf.schubert@t-online.de
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Anders Johansson -
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Lists -
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Scott Jones -
Thierry de Coulon