Reimporting would probably be cleaner, if less convenient. -Mark Gordon
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 11:32, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Thanks for your advice. > > What I expect to retain are old mail boxes used by "satimis" (USER). I > found all of them in following folder; > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/ > > ... > ... > inbox > Outbox > retained (created for retaining useful emails) > Sent > ... > etc > > Could I copy all of them and paste them back after upgrade in case of > problem. I did the same trick on Win Eudora by coping the incoming mail > box, outgoing mail box, etc. > > B.Regards > Stephen > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 22:43, Mark Gordon wrote: > > Only files in package management will be overwritten on upgrade > > (ignoring postinstall scripts, but they're not relevant in the current > > context). Files kept in ~, including your mail, shouldn't be affected > > by package upgrades. > > > > New versions of software can and will modify some files in ~, typically > > because a configuration file format changed, or because a new > > configuration option has been added. > > > > If you want to be very cautious, you can close Evolution, run "killev", > > back up ~/evolution, perform the upgrade, and run Evolution. If there > > are problems, one way out is to revert and restore ~/evolution. Another > > option is to use IMAP. > > > > -Mark Gordon > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 10:35, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > RH 8.0 > > > ====== > > > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 16:41, Paul Hands wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you try "killev" or "oaf-slay" before rebooting? That usually sorts > > > > out most things. > > > > > > No. I will try next time when problem reoccurs > > > > > > > BTW, 1.08 is very old - the latest versions are much better. > > > > > > I have "evolution-1.4.0-1.i386.rpm" downloaded but hesitate to upgrade. > > > Because I am worrying during upgrade the old email boxes will be > > > overwritten. Is there a way to retain all old email boxes during > > > upgrade? > > > > > > B.Regards > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:33, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all folks, > > > > > > > > > > Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 > > > > > ====================== > > > > > > > > > > Occasionally when start "Evolution" popup following warning; > > > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database not > > > > > found > > > > > <<<< > > > > > > > > > > compelling me to reboot PC (relogin could not solve this problem) > > > > > > > > > > This happens after exiting "Evolution" and restart it later. > > > > > > > > > > Kindly advise how to solve this problem avoiding reboot > > > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > B.R. > > > > > Stephen Liu > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
