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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    [kdepim-users] Backup of maildir files
From:       Dick Angus <RJA-Linux () shaw ! ca>
Date:       2007-02-26 15:58:22
Message-ID: 200702260858.22662.RJA-Linux () shaw ! ca
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I am new to this news group and to having multiple e-mail ids. I made a 
mistake yesterday and sent this on the wrong id.

I am running Kubuntu 6.10 with the latest 686 (32 bit) SMP kernel on a P4 dual 
core 64. KDE and KMail (as well as all other software) is kept current.

I have been doing regular full backups of my /home/USER_NAME directory feeling 
confident that I was covered. A few days ago I needed to do a recovery and 
found all my e-mail gone. This was damned irritating, to say the least. Now, 
through research, I find this a common flaw in KMail and maildir formats. 
Damned irritating as well is the fact that I cannot find any information on 
how to do a backup of maildir. KMail does not have a backup feature, 
Konqueror fails to copy maildir files, and both cp and rcp fail as well. How 
can a person backup their e-mail files with some degree of confidence that 
they can recover if required?
-- 
Dick - an old mainframer trying to get current.
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