[kde-linux] Backing up KMAIL messages

[Andrew Walbran]

On 5/16/06, waz <wazungy2 at telus.net> wrote:
> Andrew
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> If something goes wrong with my system (yes, I'm still green) I know I
have my
> emails backed up.
>  I have saved the contents of the .mail/inbox/cur  directory twice in the
> past. Those messages have been erased from the KMail dir (system clean up,
> user errors, etc) but are saved elsewhere (in maildir format?).
> I would like to be able to import them again (temporarily) into KMail or
other
> reader.
> I am unable to do so just by manually copying these files into a newly
created
> KMail-folder, I have tried. Or am I just not trying hard enough??

In KMail 1.9.1, there is an option File->Import Messages.... This supports
importing KMail maildirs (as well as mbox files and many other formats). I'm
not sure if this is available in KMail 1.7.1.

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Andrew Walbran
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