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I'm trying to create a backup of the emails of evolution in Linux Arch. However, I can't find the source folder. This doesn't exist "~/.gconf/apps/evolution" and this doesn't either "~/.evolution". In all the tutorials they say I should the "~/.evolution" folder.
Where else can my email be found?
Alan Coromano
Posted 2016-03-15T05:01:28.580
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Evolution now uses the standard XDG locations:
~/.local/share/evolution for user data (so all locally stored email should be here);~/.config/evolution for configuration settings (account parameters);~/.cache/evolution for cached files (including temporarily downloaded IMAP emails).
user1686
Posted 2016-03-15T05:01:28.580
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If you are trying only to copy old evolution files to new installed linux, you have to take care about the hostname, because some evolution saved configuration refers to hostname. In order to change it you can use:
hostnamectl set-hostname myOldName.localdomain
for more datails about evolution files location https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.10/data-storage.html.en
panzon
Posted 2016-03-15T05:01:28.580
Reputation: 1
can I completely restore all emails on a server from "~/.local/share/evolution"? – Alan Coromano – 2016-03-16T03:22:29.587
Well, if they're in
~/.local/share/evolution, then they're not on the server in the first place – they've been downloaded to the PC already. – user1686 – 2016-03-16T09:47:11.397can I completely restore all emails on a server copied from localhost "~/.local/share/evolution"? – Alan Coromano – 2016-03-16T10:11:19.167
Depends. Are you using IMAP or POP3? – user1686 – 2016-03-17T05:37:07.897