how to move email to new system

[Alex Janssen]

Default User said the following on 06/17/2007 03:26 PM:
> On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 20:09 +0100, Freddie Ruddick wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 14:47 -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
>>     
>>> Probably the easiest thing to do would be restore your ~/.evolution 
>>> directory from backup after you finish installing 7.04.  Do this before 
>>> starting evolution for the first time.  It should come up just like it 
>>> used to on the old system.
>>>       
>> You also need to back up your evolution gconf keys. (I forgot to, and so
>> transferring didn't work for me. If I was you, I would also export your
>> contacts list as a vcf file, and your calendar as an ics file, so that
>> you don't lose your contacts and calendar if the transfer fails (Guess
>> who forgot to!)
>>
>> Freddie :)
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks to Alex and Freddie for the info.  But - what are Evolution
> "gconf keys", where are they and how would they backed up and restored? 
>
> Thanks in advance for the explanation. 
>   
I did a search for "evolution" from my home directory via the command 
line with "find . -name evolution" (without the quotes) and turned up 
~/.gconf/apps/evolution.
I'd get that directory, too.  Like Freddie said.

Alex

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