On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 13:38 +1100, david wrote: > hi alexander Not quite Alexander, but can perhaps offer some help. > i have been saving emails in a kind of help file for me broken over > about one hundred folders in subheadings for the particular problem and > answer > how can i export to a database? Can't help you there, but should not be necessary. Evolution 2.0 can convert existing mail folders (from ~/evolution to ~/.evolution) first time it is started. > im updating to fc3 soon on a new machine but i will be taking along this > hdd but will formatting it on install > to be able to export the data and not loose it is the only reason i > havent updated already > thanks for any insights Back up the user's home directory to a CD, or over a network, or just don't reformat /home if on a separate partition. [Could also do an upgrade rather than a fresh install, although a clean start is usually preferable.] In any case, need to make new user/group IDs match the old or change ownership after restoring evolution and .gconf/apps/evolution directories from the old home to the new. First time Evolution is started on the new system it should offer to convert the mail folders. > evo 1.4.6 > fc2 > x86_64 > thanks > david The following link to the archives may be helpful - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-October/msg02660.html Phil
