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If 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 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq