On Sun, 2014-04-20 at 09:18 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2014-04-19 at 23:30 -0400, Swarup wrote:
> > On Sat, 2014-04-19 at 09:56 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 20:59 -0400, Swarup wrote:
> > > > 2) Here is another method, if the above won't work for any reason.
> > > > This
> > > > method details how to save every mailbox folder separately.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.stchman.com/export_evolution.html
> > > >
> > > > This method was detailed by a fellow running Evolution 2.10.1, which
> > > > is
> > > > even older than mine. So I guess it should work for me as well. A bit
> > > > tedious, doing each mailbox folder separately-- but if I have to do it
> > > > then that is another option.
> > >
> > > Better would be to move existing mail folders onto an IMAP server (e.g.
> > > Gmail or Fastmail). For modest amounts of mail, Evo can do this with
> > > drag and drop. For large mailboxes it's probably more convenient to use
> > > ImapSync (http://imapsync.lamiral.info/). Note that you still have to
> > > transfer contact information and filter rules separately.
> >
> > 1. What about creating the compressed backup file,
> > "evolution-backup.tar.gz"? I thought that was looking like a wonderful
> > approach. The new evo won't be able to import that?
> >
> > 2. Re your suggestion above, do you mean just drag the mail folders one
> > at a time and literally drop them into my gmail account? Where in the
> > gmail account window do I drop them?
> >
> > As for the size of the mail folders, most may contain around 150-200
> > emails. A few have 500-700 mails, still fewer have ~1500 mails. My
> > outbox, on the other hand has 14,600 emails in it.
> >
> > Once I have them in the gmail account, the new evo will import them from
> > there? Is it that one selects something like "Import from IMAP server"?
>
> I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. I mentioned Gmail
> simply as an example of an email provider that supports IMAP (as long as
> you configure it according to Gmail's recommendations). I do *not* mean
> you can drag and drop between Evo and a browser window pointed at Gmail.
> Once you configure your Gmail account for IMAP (using Gmail's web
> interface), you then set it up in Evo as an IMAP account and then move
> your mail across. There is no "import from IMAP" action in Evo, you just
> see the mail on the server directly. Of course you can move it somewhere
> else if you just want to use Gmail as a holding area for the conversion.
> Or keep using it as your IMAP store if you prefer. I've been using Gmail
> with IMAP via Evo for years, a) because it's free and has a large
> capacity, and b) because it has great spam filtering, and c) I can
> easily get to my mail from another computer which may not have Evo or
> even be running Linux. However that's up to you.
>
> I mentioned the ImapSync alternative because in the past some people
> have had problems when dragging and dropping very large folders to IMAP
> servers (or maybe the servers haven't collaborated, I forget), and
> ImapSync helps by maintaining local state so you can stop, start, retry
> etc. without losing mail. Note that Google does throttle traffic to your
> account so copying a large amount of mail can take time, which makes it
> convenient to run ImapSync overnight and not have to keep an interactive
> session open. It's also easier to see what it's doing than it would be
> with Evo.
You seem to be describing a way of utilizing both gmail and evo together
("Gmail with IMAP via Evo"), going forward. And it sounds interesting.
But I could not understand where you've described how I am to get all
the mail from my old evo into my new one. That is the main thing I need
to get done first.
Also please comment on the below option (which I asked about above). It
seems like by far the easiest and most straightforward method for
migrating my mail from the old evo to the new, if it will work:
What about creating the compressed backup file,
"evolution-backup.tar.gz"? I thought that was looking like a wonderful
approach. Will the new evo be able to import this file and thereby bring
in all my old mail?
Thanks,
Swarup
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