On Wed May 2 2007, Will Stephenson scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > On Tuesday 01 May 2007, Carlos F Lange said: > > On Monday 30 April 2007 17:17, Jim Flanagan wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > This is a basic question, but what is the best way to copy my > > > email files from one install (9.3) to my new install (10.2). Same > > > machine. Old install is mounted as same user name mounted at > > > "data1". I have not used kmail on the new install yet, but did > > > open kmail once, have not set up users. I see may old mail in > > > /data1/home/user/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail. I see the same > > > folder in the new install, with only a few sub-folders. Should I > > > just copy the whole /mail folder over the new one and be done > > > with it? Or would "cat" be better? Again, there is no mail in the > > > new folder so I can overwrite it if need be. > > > > Just copying the directory (or folder) should do it. > > That's right, just copy the whole $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kmail > directory . To copy your settings and filters, take > $HOME/.kde/share/config/kmailrc too.
This is fine , if you want to move your whole /home directory. It's basically what happens when we don't let a new install overwrite our /home partition. You would move *just* your kmail , or any other program, the same way. should you not want to copy your entire Home directory. ( It's nice every now and then to start clean, and just add your config files . ) If you use kde, most, tho not all of your configurations are in ,kde/share/config or .kde/share/apps you *can* just drop your old config files into or overwrite the files that is there... if you did a nice clean install. Be sure to make any of these files writable . Whatever your media for backing them up, it will transfer the files as not writable when you put them into your new /home , even tho the user name is the same as before. It will drive you nuts if you decide to change kmail's filter setup , for instance.. because you will have to re-do it every time you open the thing. Colour me really red faced, for forgetting that one on more than one occasion and being really annoyed that I couldn't make "bogofilter" or "spamassassin" behave as I expected them to. ;^) The requirement to change any of the config files in your home directory is the same no matter the program. You must make certain your .kde/config files are writable. Don'tcha just love Linux? There are usually several ways to do most things. And the folks who write the programs actually will tell you the "why" of things if you ask. Uh, Ask nicely , of course. ;^) -- j I've lived in the real world enough, we're all here because we ain't all there. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
