On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 09:07 -0500, Justin Conover wrote: > If I want to transfer evolution to another box, what is the best way > to back it up? I've tried copying the .evolution in my home directory > but when I bring up evolution it wants me to start from scratch. In the first machine: 1. In console execute the command to stop all the evolution components, "evolution --force-shutdown" 2. Then backup the following directories: ~/.evolution ~/.gconf/apps/evolution In the Second machine: 1. execute "evolution --force-shutdown" to stop all evolution components 2. also execute, "gconftool-2 --shutdown" to stop gconftool components. 3. Copy the directories to the exact location. 4. All the settings, mails should be available in the new machine. -- arijit sarkar <ari_sarkar_1980@xxxxxxxxxxx>
