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Subject:    [sylpheed:22718] Re: where are filter rules stored?
From:       David Ayers <fogey () mindspring ! com>
Date:       2004-04-19 13:37:46
Message-ID: 20040419083746.6fea150b.fogey () mindspring ! com
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:26:54 -0700
Wm.G.McGrath <wgm@telus.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:19:23 +0930
> Mark Smith
> <sylpheed@73796c706865656420323030342d30342d30390a.nosense.org>
> wrote:
> 
> : On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:33:22 -0700
> : Wm.G.McGrath <wgm@telus.net> wrote:
> : 
> : > 
> : > Hi all,
> : > 
> : > Can someone tell me where sylpheed stores its mail filtering
> : > rules? I'd rather transfer a batch of rules from one machine to
> : > another than try and duplicate them manually? 
> : > 
> : 
> : I'd be guessting in the file "filterrc" within the .sylpheed
> : subdirectory of your home directory. Viewing it with less, it
> : looks like a slightly specially formatted version of my filtering
> : rules.
> : 
> : I don't know if there would be problems just copying that file
> : over to a new install of Sylpheed though. Somebody else might.
> 
> 
> Thanks Mark,
> 
> It does indeed work, although I had to change permissions on the
> file from 600 to 660. Hey, I didn't even know I had a .sylpheed
> directory. Brain is still asleep I guess. ;) Next I'll try the
> address book! 
> 
> b.
> 

FWIW, I keep a copy of Sylpheed on a laptop that I take when we travel.
Before we leave, I simply copy my entire .sylpheed file as well as my mail
directory from home desktop to the laptop. When I return I reverse the
process. I have never had any trouble doing this.

Dave


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David Ayers
Quincy, Illinois, USA
http://www.dayers.net


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