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If you have an account set up (ie just the server info ) you should have an empty inbox, To populate the in box with mail Import a Single file and poit it at Mail in .evolution mine is /home/kevin/.evolution/mail and all should be returned the only thing lost here is the Message filters The Address book is similar I make a new one called Old. Import the old one then Merge with Personal, the Default. On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 20:41 +0000, James Kilty wrote: > Hello > > Can anyone say which file/folder I should restore when I have lost all > my accounts and evolution wants to start from scratch. I can restore > from an old backup (if the fikle exists as thinbgs changed in my upgrade > from 8.04 to 10.04. This happened when I deleted .gconf, rebooted to > create a new one, then deleted and restored it (via intermediate > .gconf_bak): on reboot this problem occurred. I presume that a file in > .evolution changed - possibly emptied. I cannot find one that seems > right, though I cannot open them all to examine them. All the accounts > are present and mailboxes etc. > > Thanks > > James > > -- > James Kilty > http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk > http://unitycontrol.co.uk > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq