[kde-linux] Backing up KMAIL messages

[Andrew Walbran]

On Tuesday 16 May 2006 8:48 am, waz wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I have several hundred email items in my inbox and in my sent mail folders
> that I would like to archive.
> I would like to be able to access these files by  recipient, sender, date,
> subject much like the KMail does normally with files in the inbox,
> sent-mail and such. I do not find the filenames the individual files to be
> especially informative being just a string of numbers and characters.
>
> I would be happy to just copy the .mail/inbox and .mail/sent-mail
> directories provided I could eventually re-import them into KMail or other
> suitable reader and sort by name/subject/date... as mentioned above.
>
> The ability to "Un-import" the files once any backup material had been
> referenced would be ideal as I do not need my mail reader to become filled
> with old messages.
>
> I use KMail 1.7.1 and KDE 3.2.3
> What options do I have?
Why not just create a new folder in KMail (right-click on 'Local Folders') and 
move the old messages there?

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Andrew Walbran
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