Transferring to a new machine

[Peter Humphrey]

On Saturday, 13 August 2022 14:34:53 BST Ingo Klöcker wrote:

> Either you copy everything, or you take the opportunity and set up
> everything from scratch which gets difficult if your email isn't stored on
> remote IMAP servers.

There is an alternative, which I use far too often (don't ask) - not moving 
between machines but saving from an old account for use in a new one. Just 
archive Local Folders on the old machine, then Import from Archive on the new 
one [1]. Also Export your Filters from the old and Import Filters on the new.

This won't copy every little detail, but you will have all your messages in 
their proper folders, together with your filters. Then you have to go through 
your folders and set their properties (keep replies here, contains a mailing 
list, and so on).

Someone will chip in here with something I've forgotten, but that's more-or-
less the whole process.

1.  I prefer to decompress the archive separately, then import KMail Maildir 
and folder structure: duplicates are skipped more reliably.

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Regards,
Peter.