On Wednesday 13 Apr 2005 20:16, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Friends, I must be getting old : > > As I write I'm downloading 2005LE via bittorrent and intend to do a > fresh install in order to "clean up" my system completely. > > However, I remember from past experiences some trouble with KMail. > Normally, I copy the Mail directory to a spare partition or an > external drive, but when I copy it back into the new install it's > fouled up i.e the various "trash", "inbox", "sent-mail" > subdirectories are there, but empty. Likewise all my contacts are > gone. > > I know there's a workaround, but I can't find it in the archives. > Kaj, I've done exactly that, several times, without problems. Is it a matter of changed ownership?
Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels
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