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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Retaining message status info between versions (mbox format)
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-06-24 23:20:01
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On Tuesday 24 June 2003 12:00, Joe Button wrote:
> I'm trying to work out why the mails I had on my Debian Woody
> installation have lost their status information (read, answered,
> flagged etc) when I symlink to the Mail directory from a new Mandrake
> 9.1 installation.
>
> From looking briefly at the source I think this info's stored in the
> .index files (correct me if I'm wrong). These are obviously still
> there, so why isn't the status info showing up in the new
> installation? It's still there in Debian.
>
> Has the .index format changed?

The .index format is always upwards compatible so even if it changed a 
newer KMail should still be able to use the index files.

> Is there any way I can get the information back?

Try if it works if you copy the Mail directory instead of symlinking it. 
I don't think that this will help, but it won't hurt either. Apart from 
this I have no idea why it doesn't work for you. Is there probably a 
permission problem?

Regards,
Ingo


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