Wrong. That's what he did and it didn't work. See http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_transfer_all_my_Evolution_data_between_computers.2Fto_a_new_partition.2Fto_a_new_computer.3F
poc On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 16:24 -0500, Ness, Todd wrote: > simply copy your .evolution directory and all of it's contents > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 07:14 +1000, Andrew Greig wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to know how to back up my current Evo so that I can install > > a new system and have everything "just work" ie signatures, email, > > contacts, folders. Can I just delete the cache expecting it to be > > re-built? > > I have installed Mandriva 2008 on another drive and copied ~/.evolution > > to a USB key with my ~/Documents and ~/Pictures folders. I copied the > > files into the new /home/andrew directory and then started Evolution. I > > needed to enter all my email account details again and I am missing > > quite a bit of stuff. This was a dry run to see if I could get it right. > > > > Any ideas how I screwed up, and what I may do differently, please? > > > > Andrew Greig > > Community Distributor, OpenOffice.org > > Melbourne, Australia > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
