On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 15:48 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
> Nicholas: Thanks! One of the problems newbies have is which command to
> use. Locate will help, when I'm trying to find something! Lanny
Make sure you do 'updatedb' after you install it. It'll whirr the
harddrive a bit, to locate everthing
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:15 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Lanny Marcus wrote:
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but I cannot find evolution-addressbook-export
>>>
>>>
>>> /usr/libexec/evolution/2.8/evolution-addressbook-export
>>
>> Craig: Cool. I just posted that I found a way around
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 22:28 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
>> Craig White wrote:
>>
>> >> I just discovered that the mbox files are *not* the problem! Exporting
>> >> my Address book from Evolution is not intuitively obvious. I
Lanny Marcus wrote:
but I cannot find evolution-addressbook-export
/usr/libexec/evolution/2.8/evolution-addressbook-export
Craig: Cool. I just posted that I found a way around it (exporting .vcf
and then using a converter on the web to .ldif and .csv formats) but you
are correct, I
On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 22:28 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
>
> >> I just discovered that the mbox files are *not* the problem! Exporting
> >> my Address book from Evolution is not intuitively obvious. I found a web
> >> page from May 2006, that says:
> >> "Export the evolution a
Craig White wrote:
I just discovered that the mbox files are *not* the problem! Exporting
my Address book from Evolution is not intuitively obvious. I found a web
page from May 2006, that says:
"Export the evolution address book with the evolution-addressbook-export
utility in csv format" and
Lanny Marcus wrote:
I just discovered that the mbox files are *not* the problem! Exporting
my Address book from Evolution is not intuitively obvious. I found a web
page from May 2006, that says:
"Export the evolution address book with the evolution-addressbook-export
utility in csv format" and
On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 21:38 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
> Lorenzo Quatrini wrote:
>
> > Lanny, if you are concerned about data loss, you could install a local imap
> > server (over wich you'll can do all the backups that you like) and keep it
> > in
> > sync with google with imapsync (rpmforge rep
Lorenzo Quatrini wrote:
Lanny, if you are concerned about data loss, you could install a local imap
server (over wich you'll can do all the backups that you like) and keep it in
sync with google with imapsync (rpmforge repository).
Looks simple and straightforward to do:
http://nivox.blogspot.c
Lorenzo Quatrini wrote:
Lanny Marcus ha scritto:
I now have the mbox files on my hard drive. I think that is the default
with Evolution. I assume google backs up their gmail servers, but
having a local copy, my own backup, is a plus.
Lanny, if you are concerned about data loss, you could inst
Lanny Marcus ha scritto:
>
> I now have the mbox files on my hard drive. I think that is the default
> with Evolution. I assume google backs up their gmail servers, but
> having a local copy, my own backup, is a plus.
>
Lanny, if you are concerned about data loss, you could install a local imap
mouss wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
If it's on imap, then forget about TB mbox files. the messages are on
the server (TB can cache messages, but you are not supposed to know how
it exactly does. so don't play this game).
I now have the mbox files on my hard drive. I think that is the default
wit
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell
your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files.
With the Evolution MUA, also using IMAP on gmail.com the mbox files
are easily seen. in .evolution
I suspect th
Lorenzo Quatrini wrote:
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg ha scritto:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for
Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated.
You didn't tell us where you're looking, so I can't be sure... But I
suspect you're l
Lanny Marcus wrote:
My email is on gmail.com IMAP and yes,
If it's on imap, then forget about TB mbox files. the messages are on
the server (TB can cache messages, but you are not supposed to know how
it exactly does. so don't play this game).
I could start over with
Thunderbird by down
Lanny Marcus wrote:
However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell
your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files.
With the Evolution MUA, also using IMAP on gmail.com the mbox files are
easily seen. in .evolution
I suspect that I should post on a Thund
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg ha scritto:
>
>
> Lanny Marcus wrote:
>
>> However, in the imap.gmail.com folder
>> INBOX.msf file properties,
>> Type is shown as C source code
>> and MIME type is shown as text/x-csrc
>
> This is irrelevant, whatever tool you are using to see the "type" of
> that file is
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for
Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated.
You didn't tell us where you're looking, so I can't be sure... But I
suspect you're looking in the right place.
I am trying to find t
mouss wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
The Thunderbird documentation says that it uses mbox files, but if so,
where_are_they? Here's what it says:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#import
(Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored as two files — one with no extension
(e.g. INBOX), which is the
Lanny Marcus wrote:
However, in the imap.gmail.com folder
INBOX.msf file properties,
Type is shown as C source code
and MIME type is shown as text/x-csrc
This is irrelevant, whatever tool you are using to see the "type" of
that file is wrong.
If someone on the list can point me to where
Lanny Marcus wrote:
Background is that I have been using Evolution for my MUA for a number
of years. Migrated to Evolution from Mozilla Mail. I only use Evolution
for email and contacts. Getting bored with the issues (frequently not
being able to exit and needing to kill it; Bug Buddy popping
Background is that I have been using Evolution for my MUA for a number
of years. Migrated to Evolution from Mozilla Mail. I only use Evolution
for email and contacts. Getting bored with the issues (frequently not
being able to exit and needing to kill it; Bug Buddy popping up in
GNOME, etc) th
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