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I've done this many times. Main thing is to tar and zip the whole .evolution directory. <BR>
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Put that somewhere safe and then once Feisty's up rm -rf .evolution on the new install and then untar and unzip the backed up .evolution file. It should be ok. And if it's not you've backed up the old one, so if worst comes to worst untar etc the backed up file into a directory called evolution-backup and then import each of the mbox files (i.e the large file size ones)<BR>
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jamie<BR>
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On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 13:30 +1200, Jeff Hunt wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I want to do a clean install into a new machine of my work files. I'm moving from Dapper to Feisty. This is comparatively easy except for my copious emails and contacts. (I have one of each and feel a need to boast).</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">The import function is well covered but how do I export stuff first?</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">If I simply copy key files from my personal .evolution folder am I going to damage the new installation of Evolution?</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I found the inbox file but if I simply copy it into the new Evolution will it work faultlessly? </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">And why is it so darn hard to get info on such an important and basic process as backing up and moving email files? One of the reasons I use Linux is the emotional damage that was done to me when I attempted to find and move Outlook files. </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oh and if anyone knows the meaning of life I'll have that too please.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Cheers.</FONT>
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