On Wednesday 13 April 2005 21:57, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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
Maybe so, Anne. As there are several users on the system, I copy
the entire /home directory to another, external drive as root,
naturally. Then, after the new system is installed and running I
copy everything back, still as root. So next time I'll try to let
every user copy her/his stuff instead. Thanks for the tip.
Kaj Haulrich.
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