Glad to be of service, it's about time I gave something back. And I couldn't believe I was alone in facing this so I thought at least it was worth getting into the archives.
Cheers, Simon On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 02:11 +0000, Andrew Stevens wrote: > >From: Simon Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:02:22 -0700 > > > >Well, I answered my own question (how do I insert old evolution files > >recovered from a dead system into a new install.) > > > >It turns out that it's pretty simple, take the contents of the following > >folders and copy them across: > > > >.gconf/apps/evolution > >.evolution > >.beagle/Indexes/Evolution* (there are two folders that match this > >wildcard) > > Aha! Thanks, I think you've solved my problem too. Copying my old mailbox > over from an older installation wasn't working because I didn't know about > the .gconf stuff... Once I'd taken that across too it ran an import wizard > the next time I started it up. I had to move the old mail back into > "evolution" rather than ".evolution" as there were some paths assuming the > old location, but I can now see a number of folders full of all my old mail. > :-) > > > Andrew. > -- > http://pseudoq.sourceforge.net/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! > http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
