kmail on opensuse15.0 : emails are stored in a database and i want them to be stored as maildir

[Maurice]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:31:47 +0100, christophe wrote:

> when i import them, the new kmail stores them in a .local/share/akonadi/
> database directory.

Why not just clone* the ~/mail directory from one system to the other, 
then tell the 
new system where it is?

* That's what I do when setting up laptop for a trip e.g.:

   rsync -avx --delete newpc:home/mab/mail/ /home/mab/mail

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