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Re: [LUG] hopefully not fubar

 

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On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 12:56 +0000, James Kilty wrote:
> On 27/11/10 11:14, kevin wrote:
> > If you have an account set up (ie just the server info ) you should have
> > an empty inbox,
Should I back up ther current inbox?
no it wont affect this

> 
> I checked the contents of some of the mboxes and find one or 2 open with 
> gedit as normal - others start to display then I get the message "could 
> not open .... could not detect the character encoding...."
don't try to open as they are not plain text.

> 
> I hope this does not imply corrupted files as this may mean I lose all 
> the inbox and sent since the last backup (when I upgraded from 8.04 to 
> 10.04).
> > To populate the in box with mail
> > Import a Single file and point it at Mail in .evolution
Do you mean inbox? no mail
> >
> > mine is /home/kevin/.evolution/mail
> Do you mean /mail/local?
I am on Fedora so my Mail folder is as above, 

you want the same on your Distro, but drill down till you get a folder
to import.

> >
> > 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.
> 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


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