[Bug 188677] New: kmail needs an easy way to import/export stored mail

[David]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188677

           Summary: kmail needs an easy way to import/export stored mail
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: StormByte at gmail.com


Version:           4.2.1 (using KDE 4.2.1)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

Sometimes it is really a nightmare to backup kmail's stored mails from my mail
accounts: the only thing I see is to copy/paste the folder, but this sometimes
does not work properly and thus I *strongly* suggest implementing a easy option
to import/export data to a compressed file for example.

It could work that way:

Export:
Create a tar.gz file where user wants containing:
 - the piece of that account(s) config
 - the folder(s) selected to be included (in case user stores mail from each
account in a separate maildir)

Import:
Import from a tar.gz
 - the piece of that account config and merging to main kmail's config
 - the folder(s) containing mail data

Please, review this implementation, since I think is what kmail is lacking
nowadays (specially due to the rapidly releases of major KDE's version.

Thanks

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