[Bug 257528] New: KMail needs complete backup and restore like Evolution provides

[roland at logikalsolutions.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257528

           Summary: KMail needs complete backup and restore like Evolution
                    provides
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: roland at logikalsolutions.com


Version:           unspecified
OS:                Linux

I have requested this many times before and the entry keeps getting deleted. 
Migrating to a new machine or a new version of KDE is a massive trail of tears
for anyone that uses the KDE-PIM package.  Accounts have to be manually
recreated, emails are a royal pain to transfer, and contacts are almost always
lost, if not completely, at least all of the physical address information.

The developers of Evolution solved these issues long ago.  I don't like using
Evolution or the Gnome interface, but, it takes about 45 minutes to migrate to
a new version of Ubuntu using the Gnome/Evolution combination and about 2 days
to migrate the same machine to a new KDE/KDE-PIM combination due to all of the
dorking around caused by lack of backup/restore.  In the last 3 years, no two
releases seem to have been even remotely compatible with address and contact
information. 

This is a highly frustrating situation which seems to get completely ignored.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
migrate from 10.04 to 10.10 KUbuntu after creating email accounts and filing
hundreds of emails and contacts away.

Actual Results:  
you lose a lot of stuff after wasting more than a day.

Expected Results:  
a 5 minute backup and restore procedure just like Evolution has

Take a good look at Evolution

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