So my old computer is running debian squeeze with evolution 2.30.3. My new computer is running debian wheezy with evolution 3.4.4. What is the best way to migrate my mail folders and address book to the new computer? I tried copying across ~/.evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution but that hasn't brought across the sub-folders or the different email accounts.
On 8/05/2013 19:02, David Zuccaro wrote:
So my old computer is running debian squeeze with evolution 2.30.3. My new computer is running debian wheezy with evolution 3.4.4. What is the best way to migrate my mail folders and address book to the new computer?
Last I checked (which would have been a few years ago), Evolution had an export/import feature. Have you tried that?
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 20:02 +1000, Jeremy Visser wrote:
On 8/05/2013 19:02, David Zuccaro wrote:
So my old computer is running debian squeeze with evolution 2.30.3. My new computer is running debian wheezy with evolution 3.4.4. What is the best way to migrate my mail folders and address book to the new computer?
Last I checked (which would have been a few years ago), Evolution had an export/import feature. Have you tried that?
I have now; Backup/Restore Evolution data is in the File menu it worked perfectly for migrating mail from Debian Squeeze to Debian Wheezy.
Hello David, On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 19:02 +1000, David Zuccaro wrote:
So my old computer is running debian squeeze with evolution 2.30.3. My new computer is running debian wheezy with evolution 3.4.4. What is the best way to migrate my mail folders and address book to the new computer?
The backup and restore functionality will bring _everything_ across, including the old PC hostname and other bits you should really configure from scratch.
I tried copying across ~/.evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution but that hasn't brought across the sub-folders or the different email accounts.
I am going to be playing around again, when meatspace does not consume all available time. There were also comments about Evolution not being supported in the future. I will be needing to look at other email clients, and notice a lot of use of mutt, and another significant use of emacs and extensions. Regards, Mark Trickett
Mark Trickett <marktrickett@bigpond.com> wrote:
I am going to be playing around again, when meatspace does not consume all available time. There were also comments about Evolution not being supported in the future. I will be needing to look at other email clients, and notice a lot of use of mutt, and another significant use of emacs and extensions.
I think those are the top contenders at the moment. I've read favourable comments about Claws-Mail too, but it hasn't been mentioned on this or other lists for a long time.
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