> I'm on Debian Testing (Buster), using evolution with evolution-ews to > connect to an Exchange 2008 EWS server. I'm not able to back up/export local > data or mail from Evolution. I have Evolution set up on an office PC with > "Synchronize remote mail locally in all folders". All my emails are > successfully downloaded on this office PC, from which I want Back Up all the > downloaded mail data and Import into Evolution on my work laptop. > > I've read a few guides online, all suggest that Evolution - File - "Back Up > Evolution Data" should backup the email data and the config files. However, > after performing the backup, the .tar.gz file is a tiny 10 kB and there are > no emails in it. > > Additionally, all online guides state that local mail should be in > ~/.local/share/evolution/mail, but there are no emails in that folder on my > system, the emails are actually in ~/.cache/evolution/mail. So as a > desperate last attempt, I've copied the entire cache (which contains all of > my emails) from the office PC to my work laptop in ~/.cache/evolution/mail, > but the emails are not showing up in Evolution. Then I tried to copy my > entire cache into the ~/.local/share/evolution/mail folder and they don't > show up either. If I connect to the server, Evolution downloads all my email > from scratch and does not see my copied cache, the problem is that I cannot > download 22 Gb of emails this way, I need a way to export it. > > Would very much appreciate any advice anyone is able to provide. Thanks very > much for your time in advance. > > Gibster
Why not take what MS has: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdav_101/2015/06/01/about-exchange-apis-to-backup-and-restore-data/ Better than tormenting EVO to do these things ? -- Best, Thomas _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
