> > > Suppose I backup from 2.28 in Mint 9, to am external drive. Then I upgrade to > Mint 17 with Evo 3.10: > If Evo 3.10 won't import the backed up files then I'm stuck?
Not really. First, make sure you backup your filesystem, don't just rely on the backup created within Evolution. Evo should upgrade an old file structure the first time its run - be careful not to run Evo without the old files in place because it will create all the necessary things and not do the upgrade when the files are put in place. I've never had any problems ever with the Evo upgrade process, but I've never done such a fairly large jump of versions. But nevertheless, even if the automatic upgrade fails, the mail folders will still all exist in the backup. Evo stores the mail in standard formats - whether that be mbox or Maildir - so all you need do is to find the mail folders and copy the mail over by hand within Evo. Yes, it's a pain having to do that, but it is possible to do. I, and many others, have detailed the process for doing this on the mailing list many times over the last few years. > Sadly my ISP doesn't support IMAP. Really. Get a new ISP then. Seriously, if your ISP is shaw.ca (as your email address suggests), then as far as I can see they do offer IMAP - the settings page for Thunderbird gives info on how to setup IMAP (which should be similar for Evo): https://community.shaw.ca/docs/DOC-1652 and the host imap.shaw.ca exists and is pingable. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
