It should be in your home directory, i.e. /home/yourusername/.Mail Note that it is a hidden directory due to the . in front of the name, so If looking for it under Konqi you will need to go to the View menu and turn on "Show Hidden Files".
John. On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:49, g2 wrote: > On Tuesday 11 May 2004 11:59 pm, g2 wrote: > > On Sunday 09 May 2004 11:47 pm, g2 wrote: > > > Hi folks. > > > Not the bigest problem, but I have gotten myself into a bit of a pickle > > > I don't know how to get out of. Before I wiped my hard drive to > > > install MD 10.0, I backed up my "Mail" folder tat contained by KMail > > > data. AFTER running Kmail under MD 10.0 and setting up my mail > > > account, I copied my old "Mail" folder to my home directory. I did > > > have a couple of new messages in kmail, before i quit and copied the > > > old mail folder to home, but nothing I needed. Everything is working > > > fine now, EXCEPT that each time kmail starts up, I recieved a dialoge > > > box that announces: > > > > > > "The directory .Mail exists. We can't move mail." > > > > > > I need to release this dialogue box before kmail will load. > > > Incidently, the dialoge box is oddly covered up by another box, that > > > announces "K KONTACT groupware". I am however able to move the > > > underlying box out in order to click "ok" and allow the program to > > > continue loading. > > > > > > What should I do to make things right? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Gideon > > > > so why no responses folks? Was my problem not explained clearly, or did > > it seem like not a big enough problem for people to bother answering? > > > > G2 > > Thanks to everyone who responded. > Where might this ".mail" folder exist? I cannot find it. > The "mail" folder which actually contains my mail data is right in my home > directory. I have done a file search on ".mail" and it doesnt find it. > > Thanks. > > G2
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