On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Paul Cartwright <deb...@pcartwright.com>wrote:
> On Sat September 4 2010, James Stuckey wrote: > > Hi, I asked a question a week or so ago about backing up e-mail. What I > > meant was that I wanted to back it up to a CD. The responses I got talked > > about backing it up to an IMAP server. Does anyone know how to back it up > > to a CD? > > you a CD burning program, like brasero or K3B and copy your Mail folder to > a > CD & burn it. Might be a good idea to back up ALL your files if they fit on > a > CD.. /home/USER, includine "." files.. this will get all the good config > files like .gconfg, .bashrc... > > your mail will probably be under a folder like: > /home/USER/Maildir or /home/USER/Mail.... > > -- > Paul Cartwright > Registered Linux user # 367800 > Registered Ubuntu User #12459 > Okay, but how do I get the e-mail off the server?
