On Sun, 2014-10-05 at 18:05 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > While the issue of IMAP v. POP has been widely commented, I have not > > seen comments in the thread about the Linux Mint update procedure > > outlined here: > > This is an Evolution list, not a Mint one, and we try to be as distro > agnostic as possible. Personally, I do not have experience of any > Debian based distro (i.e. Debian, Ubunutu, Mint, etc.) so, without that > knowledge, all I can say is to "make a backup of your home directory" - > it's up to the user to know, or find out, how to do that on their > distro. There's only so much we can do! > > > > > The process involves making an backup of the home directory (for which > > Mint provides a tool), which would include the Evo data. I would > > follow the Evo backup procedure to try to restore later. However, the > > Mint update procedure should be sufficient to assure that there is a > > separate copy of all data. > > To be honest you would be better off using the Evo backup as a back-stop > and actually migrate the data using the new version of Evo running on > the restored copy of the home directory.
Not sure to whom this is addressed? It appears to be a response to a post of which I don't have - or maybe haven't retained - a copy. Thanks for all the helpful advice. No need to reply :)
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