[kdepim-users] Plaintext filters?

[Kārlis Repsons]

On Thursday 12 November 2009 20:28:47 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Thursday 12 November 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:36:01 Kārlis Repsons wrote:
> > > People,
> > > anyone here tried to move from kde3.5 kmail to -4 one with lots of
> > >  mailboxes etc? I'm trying to do right now, but many filters refuse
> > > to be imported... So it raises questions about future upgrades and
> > > what will happen then. Maybe it would be better to use plaintext
> > > filter files, so they could be, at least, manually upgraded? Now I
> > > just can't make myself do all again...
> >
> > When moving from 3.5 to 4 there is no need to import anything - and
> > from what I've read of other people's experiences, importing is far
> > from perfect.  Since you are importing, that implies that you still
> > have copies of the original files - which should solve your problem.
> >
> > You didn't say whether this is a clean install, or one where 3.5 and
> > 4 are both installed.
Last one.

> > The trick is to get your original
> > ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc into the current
> > ~/.kde(4)/share/config/kmailrc.  Rename your current one to
> > kmailrc.old and paste the original one in its place.  It should work,
> > complete with filters.
> 
> Indeed. This should work fine.
> 
> Apart from that I do not understand what you mean by "plaintext filter
> files". The filters are stored in the kmailrc file which is a simple
> plaintext file. The actual format how the filters are stored is not
> documented anywhere, but it should be more or less easy to figure it
> out.
Thanks to you and Anne I got my filters back, which is a lot better! But 
didn't you forget some other file? I'm still missing identities and account 
send-setup (receiving works)...
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