[kdepim-users] Moving KMail to another computer

[Peter777]

Hi,

Started to copy all of the KMail data (mail folders) and config to a USB 
stick, to copy it to another computer.

Not all files were copied to the USB stick.  :(

Got an error message:

=======
02/01/09 10:30:31 PM  Unable to copy 1230025101.8449.JS50b:2,S: Cannot create 
file "/media/KINGSTON_/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/.Temp.directory/ISP/cur/1230025101.8449.JS50b:2,S". 
Invalid argument
========

This was using Beyond Compare. I tried with Nautilus and Konqueror, but same 
error/problem. The USB stick is definitely not full, checked that and even 
deleted loads of files from it.

Here is one of the files that was copied:

======
~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/.Temp/ISP/cur/1230025102.8449.2uGZo
========

so , Ubuntu doesn't like the strange looking filename, with a colon and a 
comma in it, maybe ??

It's definitely not a permissions problem either, as I have full read and 
write access to the USB stick (and to the KMail folders).

Also, tried a copy command (at terminal - cp ) , and got the same message, no 
way does it like the colons in the filename. It didn't copy the POP3 files 
either, as they have colons in them.

Any clues how to fix this please  ?  I'm using KMail 1.9.10 , but that seems 
irrelevant, when the operating system spits the dummy on the filename.  :)


Peter

On Monday 01 December 2008 05:39:13 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Saturday 29 November 2008, Peter777 wrote:
> > I'm moving KMail to another computer, and just wanted to be sure of
> > _all_ the files I need.
> >
> > * Data (mail folders) - this is specified in the config file
> > * config file - ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc
> >
> > Now, I notice there is an a file called 'emailidentities' in
> > ~/.kde/share/config , that looks like part of KMail
>
> This is mentioned in KMail's manual (cf.
> http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/kdepim/kmail/faq.html#id2570357).
>
> ;-)
>
> > Are there any other files please ?
>
> I had a look in ~/.kde/share/config/ looking for files related to KMail
> and found the following:
>
> ~/.kde/share/config/kmail.antispamrc - This file is never changed by
> KMail. It can be changed by a user to add support for a new anti-spam
> tool to KMail.
> ~/.kde/share/config/kmail.eventsrc - This file contains the
> configuration of the "New mail arrived" notification available via
> Settings->Configure Notifications.
> ~/.kde/share/config/kmailsnippetrc - This file contains the text
> snippets that can be inserted in the composer. Interestingly enough, I
> have no idea how those snippets can be used. *shrug*
>
> Then there's
>
> ~/.kde-cvs/share/apps/kmail/kmmainwin.rc,
> ~/.kde-cvs/share/apps/kmail/kmcomposerui.rc - Those two files contain
> the configuration of toolbar and shortcuts available via
> Settings->Configure Shortcuts and Settings->Configure Toolbars in
> KMail's main window and in KMail's composer window.
>
>
> I guess now you understand why I always copy all of ~/.kde to a new
> computer. (Actually, I always copy my complete home directory.) ;-)
>
>
> Regards,
> Ingo
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