On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 20:45 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: > Thomas Mittelstaedt píše v Pá 10. 02. 2012 v 20:04 +0100: > > Am Freitag, den 10.02.2012, 19:53 +0100 schrieb Thomas Mittelstaedt: > > > Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2012, 14:03 -0500 schrieb Joe Fitzmyer: > > > > I have a user in our company that recently was given a new machine > > > > running > > > > Mint 12. Previously he had been using a distribution that used > > > > Evolution > > > > 2.0.3. > > > > > > > > How can I migrate his data to the current Evolution 3.2.2? His older > > > > version > > > > does not support the Backup option. The file structures are somewhat > > > > different between the two versions. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any insight. > > > > > > Well, since it's such an old version, I'd suggest, your user should > > > start afresh with evolution 3.2.2 and import the old data using the > > > import-feature in the new version. I hope this is not too cumbersome. > > It will be. The importer is quite limited when it comes to intelligent > behavior / avoiding to specify the files to import one by one. > > > > Maybe, there exists a plug-in which can import more than one mbox-file > > > or more than one calendar file. > > > > > > > Well, or you could just save the old data into a tar.gz archive and use > > the backup-restore feature of the new version. > > 2.0 did not have any Backup functionality (plus only data without > settings will not help), plus file locations have changed... > > I would follow the steps described in > https://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ#How_can_I_completely_backup_evolution.3F > and > https://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ#How_can_I_transfer_all_my_Evolution_data_from_an_old_home_directory_to_a_new_home_directory.3F > > Starting Evolution 2.32.x should (hopefully) automatically > transfer/convert the existing data to the new storage locations > described in > http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.2/data-storage.html > > andre
I'm having a similar problem. Is there a way to import contact data into 3.2.2? It seems that the import tool only works for mail and calendars. Rick _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
