Check the archives, there are many descriptions of what you need to backu pand what you need to restore. You must've had an incomplete backup, so it didn't find your old data.
At worst, just copy the mbox file to the new inbox location, do not run any import thing, its just a waste of time. On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 10:00 -0500, RazaMetaL|Only The Good Die Young wrote: > Hi, I've installed debian sarge on my desktop pc. Before i was using > fedora core 2 with ximian 1.4, my inbox was very big (14000 mail > messages) and I've made an backup of the directory > /home/gsalas/evolution . > > Once the Debian was installed, i've restored my backup to > /home/gsalas/.evolution but my older mail messages does not appears in > the inbox. > > I've tried with Control+I to import file, but nothing occurs: > > No importer available for file > /home/gsalas/evolution/config/et-expanded-file:_home_gsalas_evolution_local_Inbox > > What is the file that I've to select to import my 14000 messages? Do > you know any other way to import it ? > > Greetings from Ecuador - South America !, > > Regards, > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
