Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 30 April 2007 04:17:17 pm Jim Flanagan wrote:
Hi all,
This is a basic question, but what is the best way to copy my email files from one install (9.3) to my new install (10.2). Same machine. Old install is mounted as same user name mounted at "data1". I have not used kmail on the new install yet, but did open kmail once, have not set up users. I see may old mail in /data1/home/user/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail. I see the same folder in the new install, with only a few sub-folders. Should I just copy the whole /mail folder over the new one and be done with it? Or would "cat" be better? Again, there is no mail in the new folder so I can overwrite it if need be.
I don't know if it is the kosher way to do things, but with my mom's system yesterday, I simply restored her home folder structure to a temporary folder. I then did an import using File > Import Messages. It pulled in her whole folder structure.
I suppose this method does not retain filters and whatnot but it seemed to work for me.
Hi Kai, Import. Thats a good idea, I didn't think of that. Did this method save all the read/unread info as it was? I'm seem to remember that there is a way to import or copy filters too, but don't remember that far back to my changeover from 8.2 to 9.1. Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org