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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, linuxlingam wrote:
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RR> > okay, here's a small little tip i've discovered.
RR> > i want to work with LL's evolution folders+contacts+calendar on
RH8, RR> > while working in fedora's evolution.
RR> >
RR> > but i don't want to import. with just linking, i can work in either
RH8 RR> > or fedora without having two separate archives to synchronize. RR>
>
RR> > in the /home/LL directory of fedora, there's a folder called
RR> > 'evolution.' i deleted it.
RR> >
RR> > created a symbolic link to the evolution folder of LL on RH8, in
RR> > /home/LL of fedora, using the command ln -s.
RR> >
RR> > launched evolution.
RR> >
RR> > bingo!
RR> >
>>> On Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 2:51 pm, RR <Ritesh Raj Sarraf> said:
RR> different versions of the same software might cause incompatibilities
in RR> the future and make all your data unusable.
RR>
I use the same mail folders across my FreeBSD, LFS and debian distros.
On FreeBSD 5.2 (UFS2 filesystem) I mount LFS's ext3fs filesystem which holds
the actual maildirs. The symlink to /lfs/Mail is sufficient.
On debian (reiserfs filesystem) all I need to do is mount the ext3fs for
mails. That way, whichever system I boot, I can always check my mails. The
whole thing is completely transparent. No synchronizing whatsoever.
I use KDE 3.1.4 on BSD, KDE 3.1.3 on LFS and KDE 3.2 on debian. They have
never created any problems. In fact I have even used the same folders with
RH7.3's kmail. The only thing I have to check is what type of mailbox the
user-agent is using, i.e. whether maildir or mbox. Kmail stores mails in
maildir format by default. If you use mbox type mailboxes, you can even open
the same with mutt (or for that matter any other s/w) without needing to do
any changes except create a symlink. Of course you can set up most mail
agents to use the type of mailboxes you prefer.
Also, copying the kmailrc file to another distro saves me the trouble of
setting up any account details. And finally... a symlink to .gnupg folder
lets me use the same GPG settings and signatures.
Nevertheless, sometimes things can go wrong. For that I use mhonarc to create
html archives of all my mailboxes.
Tell me, is this situation hazardous?
Regards,
Bhaskar.
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