From kdepim-users Wed Jan 21 08:18:41 2009 From: "Claus Hausberger" Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:18:41 +0000 To: kdepim-users Subject: Re: [kdepim-users] Problem with Kmail after upgrade to KDE 4. can't Message-Id: <20090121081841.199040 () gmx ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kdepim-users&m=123252596819393 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:50:19 -0500 > Von: "Roy J. Tellason" > An: kdepim-users@kde.org > Betreff: Re: [kdepim-users] Problem with Kmail after upgrade to KDE 4. can\'t read all emails > On Friday 16 January 2009 06:40:19 am Claus Hausberger wrote: > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > > > > Datum: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:44:17 +0100 > > > Von: "Ingo Klöcker" > > > An: kdepim-users@kde.org > > > Betreff: Re: [kdepim-users] Problem with Kmail after upgrade to KDE > > > 4. can\'t read all emails > > > > > > On Thursday 15 January 2009, Claus Hausberger wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Claus Hausberger wrote: > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > > > > > I upgrade to the latest OpenSuse 11.1 with KDE 4.1. Before I > used > > > > > > OpenSuse 8.2 with Kmail from KDE 3. > > > > > > > > > > > > I made a backup of the old $HOME/Mail folder where all my Emails > > > > > > are. > > > > > > > > > > How did you create the backup? Onto which medium did you copy > > > > > $HOME/Mail? > > > > > > > > I copied everything to a mounted windows partition (FAT 32) as root. > > > > Before I copied it back to the kmail directory, I changed the user > > > > and group back to the original user. > > > > > > I feared that you could have done this. Unfortunately, it is very > likely > > > that the backup does not contain the messages you are missing, i.e. > > > they are lost. I'm terribly sorry. :-( > > > > > > The problem with FAT32 is that it does not like filenames containing > > > colons. The filenames of the files your mail was stored in most likely > > > have contained colons (because KMail uses the Maildir format for > > > storing mail). Those files are stored in folders called "cur" and > "new" > > > below the filesystem folders corresponding to your mail folders. > > > Copying those files to the FAT32 partition will have failed. > > > > > > Two suggestions for preventing similar catastrophes in the future: > > > - Create a partition for the system and another partition for the > /home > > > folder. This way you can easily reinstall the system without having to > > > backup /home. Of course, you should still backup /home anyway before > > > you do the upgrade/reinstallation just in case something goes wrong. > > > - Whenever you backup data, verify that the backup actually worked > > > correctly. An easy check is comparing the number of files and their > > > cumulative size. Konqueror shows those numbers in the folders' > > > Properties dialog. > > > > > > I know that those tips come too late. I'm sorry. :-( > > > > thanks, Ingo. So I blame Microsoft :-) > > the cur and new directories are indeed empty. > > > > what would happen if I use tar/gz to zip the mail folder and then move > it > > to FAT 32. when I copy it back to ext3 before unzipping it, the files > > should still be ok. Right? that would be useful if I want to carry my > mails > > on a USB stick which is FAT 32 formatted. > > > > Claus > > > > > Regards, > > > Ingo > > That's exactly what I did recently when I wanted to back up my mail to one > of > those memory sticks... > > Only I used an archive utility instead of tar, for convenience. > thanks to everyone for all your help. I've learned a lot and now I will know what to do the next time I have to backup my emails. Claus > -- > Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and > ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can > be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" > - > Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. > --James > M Dakin > _______________________________________________ > KDE PIM users mailing list > kdepim-users@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger _______________________________________________ KDE PIM users mailing list kdepim-users@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users