Hello Milan & Tom, On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 14:34 +0200, Milan Crha wrote: > On Thu, 2014-04-17 at 17:05 -0400, Swarup wrote: > > I have been using Ubuntu 9.04 and Evolution 2.26.1 for the past five > > years. This week I am going to remove Ubuntu 9.04 and install Ubuntu > > 14.04. Is there something special I will need to do to be able to import > > the .evolution folder containing all my old mail, into the new evo > > contained in Ubuntu 14.04? Will I need to create some kind of archive > > folder before shutting down the old evo, or can I simply place the > > old .evolution folder in the new home folder in 14.04, and the new evo > > will recognize it? > > Hi, > "fine-tuned" migration code from such old version had been removed some > time ago (though I've no idea what evolution version Ubuntu 14.04 ships, > I suppose either 3.10.x or 3.12.x). > > That means, you can try to "just run" evolution on top of your /home and > see whether it'll "survive", but for an easier transition, I suggest to > backup all your locally stored data, including emails, calendars, > address books, tasks and memos - all those you use. > > I do not recall whether 2.26.1 has the functionality, but you might be > able to right-click respective calendar/address book/... in the tree on > the left and choose "Save as", which may create a file with its complete > content, which can be imported in the newer version of evolution. If > it's not on the book, then it usually works for selected cards. I cannot > tell for sure with 2.26.1. Mails should be save-able by selection as > well. > > A bit related FAQ is here (the oldest I found, change "3.2" to the > version Ubuntu 14.04 ships, like "3.10" or "3.12"): > https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.2/data-storage.html.en > There is also a link for Backup/Restore. You might also consider > searching this archive for "restore" and similar keywords, as it gets > you related threads discussed in the past.
Thank you very much for the info. I have found two possible pathways which I want to ask you about. 1) The first way is that in evo 2.26.1, there is under File -> Backup Settings. When one selects that, it creates a backup file of all one's evo data. The file is a compressed file, called "evolution-backup.tar.gz". It gets saved to the location of one's choice. I just tried it-- I have a lot of mail, and so the compressed file is of size 2.4 GB. (It contains all my email since 2007.) It only took a few minutes to make. This is by far the quickest and easiest method, if it will be importable into 14.04. Once I install 14.04 and open the new Ubuntu, will it allow me to import this file "evolution-backup.tar.gz"? If so, then I'm good to go. 2) Here is another method, if the above won't work for any reason. This method details how to save every mailbox folder separately. http://www.stchman.com/export_evolution.html This method was detailed by a fellow running Evolution 2.10.1, which is even older than mine. So I guess it should work for me as well. A bit tedious, doing each mailbox folder separately-- but if I have to do it then that is another option. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Swarup _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
