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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] mails and folders
From:       Joao-Philippe <joaophilippe.mb.monteiro () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-03-12 2:03:48
Message-ID: 200703120903.53879.joaophilippe.mb.monteiro () gmail ! com
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On Friday 09 March 2007 11:14, Georg Emberger wrote:
> Hy all,
>
> Does here anyone know how to export emails and folderstructures? I'm using
> Kontact  without a groupware server.
>
> Greetings
>
> Georg

I just did the openSUSE 10.2 migration, and rather than export or 
copy'n'paste-all-files, which I had bad experience with, I choose "import" 
from the newly installed kontact instead. Long, but ok, just define the 
target from your former username' folder. It does mean you have to define a 
new username each time you perform a new install. Some distros allow you to 
define the target partition for /home to be the former one, without re-format 
it, it will just add a new username folder - no need to re-partition again.

It will preserve your folderstructure in a more reliable way than the 
copy'n'paste method.

SuSE will even propose a "recovery" mode if you define your target username on 
an existing home/username, but I never tried - frightening if faulty!

As advised before, avoid vFat. Zipped, gZipped/Tared archives reloaded in your 
mail folder can sometimes loose some mails: experienced.

Works for emails, didn't check contacts as I don't have 10.000 of them & 
needed to re-vamp the old ones full of discarded addresses.

I'll be happy to give you the step-by-step details on the procedure if you are 
still in the problem, but I think it's straightforward. & reliable.

Cheers

Jean-Philippe

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Linux openSUSE 10.2 kernel 2.6.18 

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