[kdepim-users] desktop-laptop synchronization

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 11:24:01 AM Andras Mantia wrote:
> Luis Felipe Tabera wrote:
> > On Tuesday October 22 2013 09:31:06 Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >> Does anyone have any tips on synchronizing KMail from desktop to
> >> laptop
> >> and back? All my mail is from POP3 sources. Do I need to match KMail
> >> versions exactly? (4.10.5 vs 4.11) Any tips or tricks from the
> >> often-mobile?
> > 
> > I can tell you that I sync daily my full home user directory in my
> > laptop and desktop using rsync. On both systems I have the same
> > version (latest stable version compiled from sources) and I would not
> > try to experiment between major KDE versions, 4.10.5 vs 4.11 may be a
> > bad idea.
> > 
> If you want to sync mails, it is enough to sync only the mail folders
> (and NOT sync the Akonadi db). I do this all the time. Works even with
> Akonadi still running, although doesn't hurt to shut down while you are
> syncing. What you should do though with POP3 is to set the resources (or
> KMail) to Offline before syncing, or you might end up with mails
> downloaded to the wrong machine (and deleted from the server).

Thanks. Very handy - that's exactly what I want to do. I ignore all the 
Akonadi stuff in my backups and rsyncs anyway since it's quite a large 
mass.

One day I'd like my desktop and laptop to be mirrors of each other but 
that's going to take some time and testing.

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