On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 19:28 -0700, bg wrote: > I presently run Fedora Core2 and Evo 1.4.6. Yeah, I know :-) > > I am about to sketch out a strategy for upgrading to (32-bit) > Ubuntu 8.10, which includes Evo 2.24.3, although what with > the rather aggressive nature of the synaptic package manager, > I will doubtless be involuntarily upgraded to a slightly later > version within hours of installing. > > I have cruised out through the Web and read any number of FAQs and docs. > It has given me the impression that Evo doesn't expect > anyone to upgrade Evo versions, because every migration > discussion I've seen refers to importing address books, folders, > folder rules, and existing messages, from just about any other > package out there *except* Evo. In playing with the trial installation > on another box, I've verified that Evo doesn't recognize > importing of those elements from previous Evo versions. > > This seems just a trifle odd :-) > > Obviously I am missing something. I need to pursue this before I > launch the upgrade, because I have a large investment of time in > all of the mentioned elements, and have no desire to have to recreate > them manually from scratch. > > I am confident that there is a way for me to preserve my Evo 1.4.6 > Contacts, Folders & Filters, and the thousands of existing messages > hanging around in those folders, and subsequently pass all of that > data to my new Evo 2.24.3 (or whatever synaptic has it up to by then). > But I cannot find documentation which demonstrates how to accomplish > this. > > Can anyone point me to an appropriate resource?
Well a good starting point would be the archives of this list. Also, check the FAQ, e.g.: http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_transfer_all_my_Evolution_data_from_an_old_home_directory_to_a_new_home_directory.3F poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
