[kdepim-users] backing up Kmail

[Markus Feilner]

Am Sonntag, 22. April 2012, 10:45:46 schrieb Markus Feilner:
> Am Samstag, 21. April 2012, 13:49:51 schrieb Reid:
> > Great.  That's the solution I was hoping for.  And I understand also how
> > that archive can be imported.
> > 
> > A few questions are still not clear to me:
> >         Which directory is mail data stored in?
> 
> Good question, on KDE 4.8 I couldn't find it up to now. On KDE 3 and earlier
> versions of KDE 4, it used to be found in ~/kde/share/kmail* or simliar,
> with a .kde4 prefix. I also remember finding mailfolders under ~/local or
> so, but on this kde 4.8. thingy I'm still searching. Maybe I'll find it in
> the next minutes (searching with find, du and other bash tools...)
> 

Another question regarding mhonarc: 

Has anybody managed to convert Kmail exports automatically and recursive by 
mhonarc? Am I missing the mhonarc switch or do I get something wrong, it will 
only process single "cur"-directories.

Or is there a better tool? I want to make my Kmail export (or the serverside 
mdir stuff) available as an archive on my webserver and on DVD.




> >         My next question has to do with migrating from Evolution to
> >         Kmail.  I pull mail from several mail accounts, gmail being one
> >         of them.  I don't delete the mail as I pull it and it, in a  way
> >         this acts like a backup and also allows me to check messages
> >         remotely.  But when I migrate I've got mail in that on-line
> >         location, and mail data on my machine that will need to be
> >         imported. Do you have any thoughts about the best way to go
> >         about this migration.  I'm aware that in the Kmail import tool
> >         there's a check-box that allows you to make a selection that
> >         eliminates duplicates.  I assume that works.
> >         
> >         Any thoughts about migrating several accounts would be welcome.
> >         Is it best to migrate the data first and then connect to the
> >         account imap and pop accounts, or vice-versa?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > RSV869
> > 
> > On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 16:41 +0200, Markus Feilner wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, 21. April 2012, 10:23:44 schrieb Reid:
> > > > Hello group-
> > > > 
> > > > I'm a long-time ubuntu user but new to Kmail.
> > > > 
> > > > What's the best way to back up my mail?  A built-in utility would be
> > > > nice :-> .  Failing that can you point me to the directory where the
> > > > mail messages reside.  I pull email from multiple mail providers but
> > > > hope it's not spread all over the directory structure :->
> > > > 
> > > > More specifically, this is Kubuntu 11.10, running Kmail 4.8.2
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > 
> > > > RSV869
> > > 
> > > There are several ways. the best and obvious is in the Menu:
> > > 1) right-click on a folder and select "backup folder" (on my - german -
> > > system it says "Ordner archivieren". You can then select a compression
> > > format and a folder to save to. Later you can re-import these Mails.
> > > 
> > > 2) Second, you can save single mails (or several at a time) from the
> > > list.
> > > 
> > > 3) I am also starting to work with Monharc, (http://www.mhonarc.org/),
> > > which is converting mail stores to static HTML - which is exactly what I
> > > want for long-term-archive on DVD or Webservers. Seems a nice tool, but
> > > not (yet?) integrated with KDE or Kmail...
> > > 
> > > Have a nice weekend!
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen - Best Regards, 

Markus Feilner,
Stellvertretender Chefredakteur (Deputy Editor-in-Chief)
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