Hi

How can i easily export my mails from Kmail so that i'll be able to import them with Kmail after my distribution upgrade ?
I'm using kmail 1.13.5 and kde 4.4.5

Thanks

When i copy /home/fabrice/.kde4/share/apps/kmail hidden files are not kept.

I can copy them aftewhile but another problem also is that files in /home/fabrice/.kde4/share/apps/kmail/mail/inbox/cur/ are not copied

Any tips ?

THanks

I usually do this using an archive.

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tar cvjf kmail.tar.bz2 .kde/share/apps/kmail


and unpacking on the other installation

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tar xvjf kmail.tar.bz2


You can even include config files, e.g.

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tar cvjf kmail.tar.bz2 .kde/share/apps/kmail .kde/share/config/kmailrc .kde/share/config/emailidentities .kde/share/config/mailtransports


Or maybe pack the whole kde directory.

Cheers,
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Hi

thanks

too bad i installed before i saw your answer



I read somwhere that there is an export tool for mails in the oven for Kmail, i'm am correct ?

THanks

manchette wrote:I read somwhere that there is an export tool for mails in the oven for Kmail, i'm am correct ?

Yes, the Google Summer of Code student I am mentoring is working on an Import/Export tool on top of Akonadi.

We'll see how far we get, we are currently focusing on the Backup&Restore use case for Akonadi.

Cheers,
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I hope you'll have the opportunity to get through, this would benefit us all .



By the way about the import feature that 's already there :

would you rather extract the archive and paste it in the new installation under .kde ...

Or would you use the menu from Kmail to import (?)
(the drop down menu in kmail mentions that you can import using :
-kmail archive file
-messages and directories structure of kmail )

I always use the archive approach, for backup and restore. Worked everytime so far (my KMail setup is from early 2000).

Cheers,
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Ok, great , i wrote this down and bookmarked it for next time