[kdepim-users] KMail - Can the mail folders be moved ?

[Peter777]

Hi,

Found this in the manual

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6.14.
  Can I configure the location of my mail folder?
  Exit KMail, make a backup of ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc, then open it with 
an editor and add e.g. folders=/home/username/.mail to the “[General]” 
section. Then move all your existing folders (including the hidden index 
files) to the new location. The next time you start KMail will 
use /home/username/.mail instead of /home/username/.kde/share/apps/kmail. 
Note that KMail will lose its filters if you change the mail folder's 
location but forget to move your existing folders.
  6.15.
  How can I use mail folders that are not in the normal KMail message folder 
location?
  To add a whole mbox mail folder use 
ln -s /somewhere/Mail/.remotedir.directory /home/username/share/apps/kmail/.mymailboxfile.directory. 
Note that it is not possible to use links to files, only links that point to 
folders will work.
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Peter

On Sunday 16 November 2008 21:30:25 Peter777 wrote:
> Hi Jurian,
>
> I'm very new to Linux, so wouldn't know how to do a symlink, but also
> wouldn't want to cause KMail to crash or similar (as the path may be hard
> coded). I saw something in the KMail docs about ~/Mail path, but read it
> later, and it was for earlier versions.
>
> I guess because all the rest of my data is in ~/Documents , and so I
> expected to find the data for the mail easily. It's just something I'll
> have to get used to, to go to  ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail path , as I'm
> checking some coversions of Pegasus Mail folders.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> On Saturday 15 November 2008 00:01:26 you wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> > The location kmail stores its mail is ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail. The mail
> > itself is in ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail. You could symlink the folder
> > to ~/Mail and give it a try.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Jurian
> >
> > Op vrijdag 14 november 2008 schreef Peter777
>
> <peter777 at users.sourceforge.net>:
> > > Using Ubuntu 8.04 and KMail 1.9.10
> > >
> > > After trialling Evolution, Claws, Thunderbird and a few others, as
> > > suitable replacements for Pegasus Mail (currently using it under WINE
> > > in Ubuntu), have found that KMail will suit my needs. In fact the
> > > filing structure, being somewhat similar to Pegasus, was a factor in
> > > using it, as I need to convert/import many Pegasus email boxes and
> > > folders, etc.
> > >
> > > I noticed the folder where KMail stores all the mail is somewhat
> > > obscure, well, what I mean is, I'd prefer it in /home/username/Mail ,
> > > and I'm sure I saw something there in the KMail docs, about the folders
> > > possibly residing there.
> > >
> > > Claws took up that folder ( /home/username/Mail ) , but have since
> > > uninstalled Claws, and removed all the folders and files underneath
> > > that structure.
> > >
> > > Therefore, to the question, can the KMail mail folders (in their
> > > entirity) be moved to  /home/username/Mail folder  ??
> > >
> > > Peter
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