[kde-linux] KMail Structures

[Werner Joss]

Am Freitag, 24. Februar 2006 19:55 schrieb Merton Campbell Crockett:
> The new system has SuSE Linux 10 installed.  For most KDE
> applications, I don't mind starting over from scratch.  The one
> exception is KMail.  I maintain my mail on a server running IMAP and
> have used KMail to create directories and mail folders on the
> server.  This structural information appears to be stored in ~./.kde/
> share/config/kmailrc and ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/

well, kmail configuration like account info etc is in kmailrc, but the whole 
mail including directories, files etc. is on the server, at least with 
standard IMAP.
only in case you use disconnected IMAP (=DIMAP), kmail keeps a local copy of 
the folders and synchronises with the server.

>
> To configure KMail on my new system can I simply copy the existing
> kmailrc file from the old system and use rsync to replicate the KMail
> data structures in the kmail subdirectory?

copy kmailrc is ok, it will be updated automatically.
the local DIMAP structure will be built from the server data, so just do 
nothing here.

>
> What is the significance of the funky numeric string used to
> associate the data structures with the IMAP server?
>
> One final question involves updating KMail's address book to
> incorporate information from a Pine address book.

if pine can save it's address book as vcard or ldif format, import in kmail 
should be easy.

werner