Just make sure you don't restore them to the original location (which will be the same on the 9.3 Box) then use Kmail's import ability to import them into the existing file structure. ----- Original Message ----- From: roach To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Transfer mail via disk On Wednesday 29 June 2005 05:48, John R. Sowden wrote:
I need to transfer my stored email (kmail) on my Suse 8.0 machine to my new 9.3 box. ?What I have to traqnfer with is a DVD-RAM drive/media. ?How do I do this without wiping out my new mail, keeping indices intact, etc.
Use tar to archive ~/Mail The indices and sub-directories are hidden in that directory along with your mail. You may want to save ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc as well. Hope this helps. -- Robert "roach" Spencer Pietermaritzburg South Africa -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com