Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-10-04 Thread rbre gmx
the partition sda5 is new installed and empty Now I can safely implement any tips from you. Regards at all Ralph Weitergeleitete Nachricht Von: Rudolf Künzli An: Dario Lesca , evolution-list@gnome.org Betreff: Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data Datum: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:32

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-14 Thread Emilio Recio
RSnapShot allows you to do incremental backups (using hardlinks) vs Rsync which you would have to script to do what rsnapshot does. Honestly, if you don't care for point-in-time backups, then just use rsync. I use them both on a case-by-case basis. On 09/13/15 11:19, Tom wrote: > Am Dienstag, den

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 09:51 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > Hoping not to go too far OT, but what's the advantage over rsync in > > this > > context ? > > > > Because it does versioning. > > See http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ (which is > what rsnapshot is based on) That site

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-14 Thread Pete Biggs
> Hoping not to go too far OT, but what's the advantage over rsync in this > context ? > Because it does versioning. See http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ (which is what rsnapshot is based on) P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evol

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-13 Thread Tom
Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2015, 16:55 +0100 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan: > On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 10:10 -0400, John Lauterbach wrote: > > It would be a nice addition to evolution to be able to schedule > > backups at a > > certain time each day. I use SpiderOak for offsite backup. If I > > could have

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-10 Thread Dario Lesca
Il giorno mer, 09/09/2015 alle 23.58 +0200, Ángel González ha scritto: > Evolution uses different folders for different types of content, > following the XDG Base Specification, which is actually a good thing. Yes, i agree, this is a good thing. > > From this info: > > https://help.gnome.org/user

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Ángel González
Evolution uses different folders for different types of content, following the XDG Base Specification, which is actually a good thing. > From this info: > https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/data-storage.html.en > I understand want to copy this folder: > > ~/.local/share/evolution

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Dario Lesca
Il giorno mer, 09/09/2015 alle 16.47 +0200, Rudolf Künzli ha scritto: > Sure, Dario. I just wonder why you're running TB and Evolution on the > same system. I use Evo for my primary email account POP3, and TB for extra various IMAP/POP3 accounts, point to email servers of my clients for test only.

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Pete Biggs
> > Evolution conforms to Gnome standards, because it's a Gnome > > application. Firefox/Thunderbird aren't Gnome applications - if they > > were they should store their data according to Gnome guidelines. > > Ok, then? Look, I'm not saying one way or the other is correct. They are different.

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Rudolf Künzli
Sure, Dario. I just wonder why you're running TB and Evolution on the same system. Just curious... Ciao -- Rudolf Künzli On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 16:41 +0200, Dario Lesca wrote: > Il giorno mer, 09/09/2015 alle 16.32 +0200, Rudolf Künzli ha scritto: > > I recently had to install my stuff to a new sy

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Dario Lesca
Il giorno mer, 09/09/2015 alle 16.32 +0200, Rudolf Künzli ha scritto: > I recently had to install my stuff to a new system. > I am a lazy guy, I just copied my whole /home folder from my backup > disk over the new virgin /home folder and did allow all data to be > merged. > Worked fine for me... >

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Rudolf Künzli
I recently had to install my stuff to a new system. I am a lazy guy, I just copied my whole /home folder from my backup disk over the new virgin /home folder and did allow all data to be merged. Worked fine for me... Fedora 22, evolution 3.16.5, firefox and so on... -- Rudolf Künzli On Wed, 2015-

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Dario Lesca
Il giorno mar, 08/09/2015 alle 18.21 +0100, Pete Biggs ha scritto: > > > > Evolution and Gnome itself are very unhelpful with this by > spreading > > necessary information into at least three different directories: > > .local, > > .config and gsettings / dconf / gconf / whatever-conf. > > > > One

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Dennis Reichel
> just a little clarification about backing up any remote data > (including > IMAP, NNTP, EWS, CalDAV, WebDAV, On The Web, ... basically anything > what stores its data into ~/.cache), the built in backup doesn't > store/restore these caches, because that's only a local copy of the > server data,

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 10:25 +0200, Roy Reese wrote: > On Wednesday, 09/09/2015 Andrea Vai wrote: > > I was also wondering about a better name... what about "Export > > Evolution data" and "Import Evolution data"? Despite they would be > > similar to the below "Import..." menu item, I think that the

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Pete Biggs
> Not all of us are on servers. Also, my laptop (where mail evo with > my business-related e-mail) is on 24/7 except when going through > airport security, etc. The same for my two desktops. I cannot > afford to loose what I have on the evo on my laptop. If you are doing periodic backups of y

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Milan Crha
On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 11:01 -0400, Dennis Reichel wrote: > Cron or scheduled within Evolution, automatic data backups would be a > great feature. Oops, I missed this in the previous email. The backup/restore built in the Evolution is very simple and it is done by a separate binary, which takes so

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Milan Crha
On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 11:01 -0400, Dennis Reichel wrote: > Thanks John, > > That's helpful information. My understanding of IMAP is that either > the message header or header with message body may be downloaded. > For > a backup to be most useful, the message body should also be included. >

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Roy Reese
On Wednesday, 09/09/2015 Andrea Vai wrote: > I was also wondering about a better name... what about "Export > Evolution data" and "Import Evolution data"? Despite they would be > similar to the below "Import..." menu item, I think that they would > be clearly understood as different things (evo vs

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-09 Thread Andrea Vai
Il giorno mer, 09/09/2015 alle 00.13 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto: > On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 10:17 -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: > > > As has been said repeatedly, the "backup" command in Evo is not > > > intended for periodic backups but for when you need to move your > > Evo > > > installation to

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 13:28 -0400, John Lauterbach wrote: > Not all of us are on servers. Not clear whether you're referring to the mail system or the backup system, If it's the former, then of course we are all on servers but not all of them are IMAP, however my point was specifically in relation

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 10:17 -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: > > As has been said repeatedly, the "backup" command in Evo is not > > intended for periodic backups but for when you need to move your > Evo > > installation to another machine. > > If the Evolution developers are reading this I'd like to point

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread John Lauterbach
t see the objection to doing what works. John -Original Message- From: Patrick O'Callaghan To: evolution-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:55:08 +0100 On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 10:10 -0400, John Lauterbach wrote: > It would be a

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread Pete Biggs
> > If the Evolution developers are reading this I'd like to point out > (again) that expecting people to remember and use an obscure, > application-specific backup feature is unrealistic. I hardly think that a menu item labelled "Backup Evolution Data ..." under "File" is obscure, nor is it nec

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread Zan Lynx
On 09/08/2015 09:55 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > As has been said repeatedly, the "backup" command in Evo is not > intended for periodic backups but for when you need to move your Evo > installation to another machine. If the Evolution developers are reading this I'd like to point out (again)

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 10:10 -0400, John Lauterbach wrote: > It would be a nice addition to evolution to be able to schedule > backups at a > certain time each day. I use SpiderOak for offsite backup. If I > could have > evolution do this automatically, I would never lose more than a day's > e-ma

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread Dennis Reichel
backups at a certain time each day. I use SpiderOak for offsite > backup. If I could have evolution do this automatically, I would > never lose more than a day's e-mail. > > John > > -Original Message- > From: Dennis Reichel > Reply-to: den...@reichel.net > T

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-08 Thread John Lauterbach
each day. I use SpiderOak for offsite backup. If I could have evolution do this automatically, I would never lose more than a day's e-mail. John -Original Message- From: Dennis Reichel Reply-to: den...@reichel.net To: Evolution Mailing List Subject: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2015-09-04 at 12:19 -0400, Dennis Reichel wrote: > What are the best practices for backing up Evolution data? I just back up my home directory. If you want more detail then look at the Help topic on exporting Evolution data. > Though these are (mostly) general sorts of questions, I'm usi

[Evolution] Backing up Evolution Data

2015-09-04 Thread Dennis Reichel
What are the best practices for backing up Evolution data? Though these are (mostly) general sorts of questions, I'm using Evolution 3.16.5 on Fedora 22. What specifically is backed up when you back up you "Backup Evolution Data.."? What can be done to ensure the entire email base is both downl

[Evolution] Backing up and restoring data

2014-12-14 Thread Craig Hartnett
Hi all, * Evolution 3.8.4 * Ubuntu 13.10 I'm about to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (via a clean install) and want to confirm that the File | Back up Evolution Data ... and File | Restore Evolution Data ... combination will restore labels. What about downloaded POP messages? Maybe I should simply a

Re: [Evolution] Backing up and restoring

2012-01-22 Thread Velmurgan R
Hello team all ready i send the mail to your team dont send the useless mail to me this is my third reminder , On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Milan Crha wrote: > On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 02:08 -0800, Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > Using Evolution 3.2.1. I notice when I back up, Evolution append

Re: [Evolution] Backing up and restoring

2012-01-22 Thread Milan Crha
On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 02:08 -0800, Jeffrey Needle wrote: > Using Evolution 3.2.1. I notice when I back up, Evolution appends the > date to the filename. This is not a good practice for me. I see that > I can remove this each time I do a backup, but is there a way to set > Evolution so that it st

[Evolution] Backing up and restoring

2012-01-21 Thread Jeffrey Needle
Using Evolution 3.2.1. I notice when I back up, Evolution appends the date to the filename. This is not a good practice for me. I see that I can remove this each time I do a backup, but is there a way to set Evolution so that it stops adding this information? Older versions didn't do this. Tha

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution/martha

2010-09-01 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 17:29 -0700, Martha McLaren wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. I'm getting closer to being able to do my > re-install, but here's another Evolution question. I now have the > Evolution-backup.tar.gz icon on my thumb drive, but I'm not really > sure what it contains.

[Evolution] Backing up Evolution

2010-09-01 Thread Martha McLaren
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 22:27 -0700, Martha McLaren wrote: > Thanks for this link. I was easily able to create a backup for > Evolution -- it is now visible as an icon on my desktop. Can someone > advise me whether I need to attach this and email it someplace to save > it? I'm assuming I can't just

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution files

2010-08-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 22:27 -0700, Martha McLaren wrote: > Thanks for this link. I was easily able to create a backup for > Evolution -- it is now visible as an icon on my desktop. Can someone > advise me whether I need to attach this and email it someplace to save > it? I'm assuming I can't just

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution files/Martha

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 22:27 -0700, Martha McLaren wrote: > Thanks for this link. I was easily able to create a backup for > Evolution -- it is now visible as an icon on my desktop. Can someone > advise me whether I need to attach this and email it someplace to save > it? I'm assuming I can't just

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution files

2010-08-29 Thread Martha McLaren
Thanks for this link. I was easily able to create a backup for Evolution -- it is now visible as an icon on my desktop. Can someone advise me whether I need to attach this and email it someplace to save it? I'm assuming I can't just leave it on the desktop when I install an updated version of Ubu

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution files

2010-08-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 16:06 -0700, Martha McLaren wrote: > My tech competence level is probably 2-3 on a scale of 10. I've been > using Ubuntu/Evolution for almost 3 years. The recent Ubuntu upgrade has > crashed on my computer, and it's clear that my best option is to > download the latest version

[Evolution] Backing up Evolution files

2010-08-28 Thread Martha McLaren
My tech competence level is probably 2-3 on a scale of 10. I've been using Ubuntu/Evolution for almost 3 years. The recent Ubuntu upgrade has crashed on my computer, and it's clear that my best option is to download the latest version and start from scratch. So, the first thing I need to learn is h

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-09 Thread Bernhard Kleine
Am Sonntag, den 09.11.2008, 11:32 +0530 schrieb Johnny Jacob: > On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 19:03 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 15:56 -0500, Jeff wrote: > > > > > > > you're right, it's File->Backup/Restore settings and it's supposed > > > > to > > > > store all what you ne

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-08 Thread Johnny Jacob
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 19:03 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 15:56 -0500, Jeff wrote: > > > > > you're right, it's File->Backup/Restore settings and it's supposed > > > to > > > store all what you need. It's written as "Backup and restore > > > plugin". > > If it indeed do

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 15:56 -0500, Jeff wrote: > > > you're right, it's File->Backup/Restore settings and it's supposed > > to > > store all what you need. It's written as "Backup and restore > > plugin". > If it indeed does backup "everything", then you folks should update > the FAQ to mention th

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-08 Thread Jeff
> you're right, it's File->Backup/Restore settings and it's supposed to > store all what you need. It's written as "Backup and restore plugin". If it indeed does backup "everything", then you folks should update the FAQ to mention this great feature :) ___

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-07 Thread Milan Crha
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 08:50 -0500, Jeff wrote: > Wait a sec, afaik since 2.22 or so there is a menu item for this: File > -> Archive parameters (or something like that) and File -> Restore > parameters. Wouldn't that do the same, or must I assume it does not > backup everything? Hi, you'r

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-07 Thread Jeff
Wait a sec, afaik since 2.22 or so there is a menu item for this: File -> Archive parameters (or something like that) and File -> Restore parameters. Wouldn't that do the same, or must I assume it does not backup everything? ___ Evolution-list mailing lis

Re: [Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-07 Thread Johnny Jacob
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 08:25 +, Paul Duncan wrote: > Is there a new procedure to back up Evolution's user files, since things > moved to SQL lite? Just the mail summary is moved to SQLite. so http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_completely_backup_evolution.3F this still stands :) - John

[Evolution] Backing up

2008-11-07 Thread Paul Duncan
Is there a new procedure to back up Evolution's user files, since things moved to SQL lite? Thanks! Paul ~ P.S. Is there a nice handy FAQ file somewhere with things like this in? ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.

[Evolution] Backing up Evolution?

2007-10-14 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi, Just moved on to Mandriva 2008 and I get the option of re-instating Evolution from a Backup file. Backup is one menu item I have never seen in Evo, so what is the preferred system of getting it all. I tried evolution --force-shutdown and then saved the .evolution file to a usb key. There wer