[Akonadi] [Bug 409509] New: FEATURE REQUEST: Easily backup/export all pim data (kontact, kmail, calendar, contacts, etc.) for import/restoration on another PC (or a restored PC).

[Jesse DuBord]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409509

            Bug ID: 409509
           Summary: FEATURE REQUEST: Easily backup/export all pim data
                    (kontact, kmail, calendar, contacts, etc.) for
                    import/restoration on another PC (or a restored PC).
           Product: Akonadi
           Version: 5.11.2
          Platform: Neon Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: jesse.dubord at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
I initially submitted this bug to Kontact
(https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409293), but the corresponding developer
said what I was suggesting couldn't be implemented because akonadi couldn't do
it. I would like to request for a feature to easily back up all pim data to a
single file and re-imoort that data on a new install of Kontact, without
needing to specify the folders of where each email folder should be placed. As
of right now the Kmail pin exporter tool exports settings, but when it
re-imports them to another PC, the user has to specify where they would like
each folder to go. This is undesirable as the greatest benefit, imo, to an
export-import tool is the ability to easily and simply back up the way your
email/PIM client is set up, then to simply re-imoort that and have the target
PC's set-up become exactly what the source is like.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. A simple interface that can choose a folder to export the data to.
2. Data gets put into a single compressed file.
3. An import tool that would make the target PIM client (Kontact) be configured
and set up exactly like the source was.

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