[Bug 150496] New: Accounts backup and restore functionality through a wizard

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

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           Summary: Accounts backup and restore functionality through a
                    wizard
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: sankarshan.mukhopadhyay gmail com


Version:           6:3.5.7-3.fc7 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs
OS:                Linux

This feature request is to put in a wizard based functionality to backup and restore accounts configured in KMail across desktops. A typical UseCase would be that I setup and configure an account on Desktop A (for a specific OS, say Fedora 7). Then, through a wizard, I backup all data ie account metadata, account configuration data and mailboxes associated with an account to a package payload - perhaps an archive. On Desktop B, for any OS where KMail is available, I use an wizard to import the package payload from Desktop A and thus end up with the exact same mail account along with the account metadata, account configuration data and mailboxes.

Note, this is not "importing" mailboxes of a different MUA on the same machine which is an UseCase for MUA migration from something_else to KMail. This is a backup/restore across desktops.