AFAIK, the mail account info isn't stored in ~/evolution, but in gconf folders. ~/.gn* ~/.gc*? Calvin
guenther wrote: >>>I would like to backup/copy some files for the mail account info and >>>all the mailbox messages in Evolution. Then restore/copy these data >>>files into another Mandrake machine. This way, it saves me some time >>>in setting up Evolution in the Mandrake machine. I don't want to >>>backup the whole Evolution sub-folder under the home folder. How can >>>I accomplish that? >>> >>> > >The easiest way is the entire directory. To make the archive smaller, >you can omit all ~/evolution/local/mbox.* (note the dot! do not delete >the mbox file itself) files, as they get recreated on startup and are >only for indexing. > >That data really isn't that much. > >You will at least need ~/evolution/config.xmldb for the accounts. Not >too sure, if you would need more, as I never tried that. > >Passwords AFAIK are in ~/evolution/private/config.xmldb. You likely want >the ~/evolution/signature/* and a couple of views, too. I recommend the >entire ~/evolution directory (minus the mentioned indexing files). > > > > >>You can tar/gzip the ~/home/usernamegoeshere/evolution directory and >>then "restore" it to another machine - but you might have some issues >>with permissions. >> >>I got around that before by copying the entire evolution directory to a >>FAT32 partition, then tar/gzip'ing it, THEN sticking it on another >>machine. >> >> > >I really prefer saving the file permissions, as sensitive data is stored >in some in them. So I would make a tarball without the extra step of >moving to FAT32 (if available) and thus loosing file permissions. > >After extracting the tarball, you have to assign those files to the new >USER and his GROUP: > ># cd /home/USER/ ># chownd -R USER.GROUP evolution > >...guenther > > > > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
