[kdepim-users] Save Kmail settings

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Sunday 20 June 2010, Pascal Bernhard wrote:
> Am Sunday 20 June 2010 12:01:29 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:
> > On Sunday 20 June 2010, Pascal Bernhard wrote:
> > > Am Wednesday 16 June 2010 10:23:46 schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > > > On Wednesday 16 June 2010 04:39:32 Pascal Bernhard wrote:
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I will have to do a fresh install of my Debian Linux, so I
> > > > > would like to know, whether I can save my Kmail settings
> > > > > (editor prefereces, folder layout, etc.) to have them
> > > > > restored quite quickly in the new system. Evolution has the
> > > > > feature to make a backup of the settings , including all
> > > > > mails in a tar.gz - archive, but I cannot find anything
> > > > > similiar in Kmail.
> > > > 
> > > > http://userbase.kde.org/KMail/FAQs_Hints_and_Tips#Transfer_mail
> > > > _and _setting
> > > > s_to_another_computer_.28or_another_user_account_on_the_same_ma
> > > > chi ne.29
> > > > 
> > > > Anne
> > > 
> > > Hey Anne,
> > > 
> > > I installed GNU Debian Squeeze anew after having saved all the
> > > configuration files for KDE apps on an USB stick.
> > 
> > What exactly did you save? Everything in ~/.kde/share/config?
> > 
> > > Well, I replaced
> > > the "new" files in my my home partition with the backups and it
> > > worked barely at all. Only the text editor Kate had all the
> > > previous settings restored immediately. Kmail only recognized
> > > the account settings for receiving messages, all other things
> > > like sending,
> > 
> > This is stored in ~/.kde/share/config/mailtransports
> > 
> > > layout,
> > 
> > Hmm. That should be in ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc. Or maybe you
> > mean something else with layout?
> > 
> > > shortcuts, toolbar
> > 
> > This is stored in ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/*.rc
> > 
> > > and address books
> > 
> > Maybe the configuration of Akonadi is missing. It is stored in
> > ~/.config/akonadi/
> > 
> > > had the configured
> > > manually. Other programs like Akregator, Basket or Okular did not
> > > recognize any of the saved settings. Maybe I understood the
> > > How-to on KDE User Base wrong....
> > 
> > Well, the How-to is apparently incomplete (it doesn't include the
> > shortcuts and toolbar configuration and it doesn't include
> > Akonadi's configuration). Moreover, it only deals with KMail. So,
> > it's not really surprising that "Akregator, Basket or Okular did
> > not recognize any of the saved settings".
> > 
> > 
> > I can only repeat my recommendation always to copy your complete
> > home folder because this is the only way which guarantees that no
> > data and no settings are lost. The second recommendation is to
> > keep the home folder on a separate partition because this way you
> > can replace the system without affecting your data and settings.
> > (Of course, you should still make a complete backup of your data.
> > Just in case something goes wrong.)
> 
> actually saved the whole KDE folder, but I did not transfer the
> akonadi settings. Well, I do have a copy of the entire home
> directory, but by now I set up Kmail manually again.

Okay.


> Most of all, I
> wanted to backup toolbar and shortcut customization, as well as
> fonts, color, etc. On the other hand, it took me less than 10
> minutes to get Kmail to look and feel like the one I had before. I
> will have another try at copying the config files for the address
> book.

I forgot to mention:
- Akonadi stores its data in ~/.local/share/akonadi
- The data of the Personal Contacts address book is stored in 
~/.local/share/contacts


> The reason why I could not restore the settings for Akregator could
> be that although the program had been installed, I hadn't run once
> before, so there was no ~/kde/share/apps/akregator.rc to be
> replaced. So I just moved the old file, and apparently Akregator
> does overwrite it when running for the first time, as I have only
> one such file in my new home directory.

Hmm. It shouldn't be necessary to start an application once before 
copying the old file. Are you sure you copied it to the right location? 
You write "there was no ~/kde/share/apps/akregator.rc". The correct 
location and filename are ~/.kde/share/config/akregatorrc. If it's not 
just typos in your message then this would explain why Akregator didn't 
find the old file.


Regards,
Ingo
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