Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
Hey Pete! Your solution worked perfectly well. Since the information was already unpacked I just have to point to the right directory and my messages were readable again. But you said it was in .local/... which is not a good place to have the mbox files - that's why I said to unpack them somewhere else. Also, did you copy the mail you wanted out of the newly created 'account' into somewhere more sensible? I would strongly advise you to do this and not leave the temporary account lying around. This is particularly important if you did indeed point the mbox folder at ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local since that is located within Evolution's *private* directories and there is no guarantee as to whether that will survive future upgrades and reorganisations. It's also important to copy the files out of the mbox folders since those folders won't be backed up, so they will be lost if you have to use the Evolution backup/restore procedure. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
Pete Biggs pete at biggs.org.uk writes: Also, did you copy the mail you wanted out of the newly created ... Ok, Pete, I did as you advised me. Can I now delete the temporary account? Thanks, --Sergio. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
Hey Pete! Your solution worked perfectly well. Since the information was already unpacked I just have to point to the right directory and my messages were readable again. Best regards, -Sergio. -- View this message in context: http://gnome-evolution-general.1774414.n4.nabble.com/A-couldn-t-recover-my-old-folders-after-a-backup-restore-operation-tp4655832p4655851.html Sent from the Gnome Evolution - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 16:00 -0700, Julio Sergio Santana wrote: Yes, the folders were apparently unpacked in the new locations. I mean, MYFOLDER, MYFOLDER.cmeta, MYFOLDER.ev-summary, MYFOLDER.ev-summary-meta, MYFOLDER.ibex.index, and MYFOLDER.ibex.index.data, are in $HOME/.local/share/evolution/mail/local, which, I undertand, is the new standard location. The thing is why can I not see them with the new version of Evolution? Because the newer versions of Evolution use Maildir format mail folders whereas the older ones use mbox - hence the single file mbox folders are not expected in .local/share/evolution Since, as I understand, there is no way to see them using Evolution, is there another way to see them, and the messages inside? Yes. Unpack the backup file manually somewhere, find out where the mail folders are in that directory hierarchy. Within Evo create an account of type 'Standard Unix mbox spool directory' and point the path to where your mbox files are. A new account will appear in the left hand pane and all your old mail folders will be under that account. Copy and paste the mail to wherever you want it and then delete the account when you are finished. All this has been discussed previously within the past few months on this mailing list. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
Hi, Some time ago, I changed my machine, and I thought the simplest way to keep my mail messages was to utilize the Evolution backup operation. When I restored the information in the new machine, Evolution told me that it was doing something like translating into a sqlite format, and after several minutes I didn't get all my old folders and messages. I have explored the Evolution standard directories in my machine, and I've learnt that the information is in $HOME/.local/share/evolution/mail/local, where I found files like MYFOLDER, MYFOLDER.cmeta, MYFOLDER.ev-summary, MYFOLDER.ev-summary-meta, MYFOLDER.ibex.index, and MYFOLDER.ibex.index.data. However, none of the folders (type MYFOLDER), are visible in Evolution. Do you have any idea on what's happening? Thanks, -Sergio. -- View this message in context: http://gnome-evolution-general.1774414.n4.nabble.com/A-couldn-t-recover-my-old-folders-after-a-backup-restore-operation-tp4655832.html Sent from the Gnome Evolution - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 09:13 -0700, Julio Sergio Santana wrote: Some time ago, I changed my machine, and I thought the simplest way to keep my mail messages was to utilize the Evolution backup operation. Which Evolution version was on the old machine? When I restored the information in the new machine, Evolution told me that it was doing something like translating into a sqlite format, and after several minutes I didn't get all my old folders and messages. Which Evolution version is on the new machine? I have explored the Evolution standard directories in my machine, and I've learnt that the information is in $HOME/.local/share/evolution/mail/local, where I found files like MYFOLDER, MYFOLDER.cmeta, MYFOLDER.ev-summary, MYFOLDER.ev-summary-meta, MYFOLDER.ibex.index, and MYFOLDER.ibex.index.data. However, none of the folders (type MYFOLDER), are visible in Evolution. If you start Evolution from a terminal window by entering the command evolution, what is the output that you get? andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx.net http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
From the data on the xml file inside the backup tar.gz file, I guess the old version of Evolution was 2.22.0. The new version is 3.2.3 And this is the message when run from a terminal: e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No se encontró ningún resultado coincidente) (TRANSLATION: It didn't find any coincident result/output) Thanks, -Sergio. -- View this message in context: http://gnome-evolution-general.1774414.n4.nabble.com/A-couldn-t-recover-my-old-folders-after-a-backup-restore-operation-tp4655832p4655834.html Sent from the Gnome Evolution - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 10:49 -0700, Julio Sergio Santana wrote: From the data on the xml file inside the backup tar.gz file, I guess the old version of Evolution was 2.22.0. The new version is 3.2.3 I realize that in an ideal world that should work but that is a *massive* version jump. Not dissimilar from restoring data files from restore data files from a backup of PostgreSQL 7.x into a PostgreSQL 9.x instance and expecting it to just-work. This has been coming up a lot here recently. I'm puzzled why the influx of people moving from 2.2x versions to much more recent versions; with apparently no intermediary. And this is the message when run from a terminal: e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No se encontró ningún resultado coincidente) (TRANSLATION: It didn't find any coincident result/output) This error isn't related to migration. I assume the migration has already occurred [successful or not] and won't be re-attempted without intervention. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 09:13 -0700, Julio Sergio Santana wrote: Some time ago, I changed my machine, and I thought the simplest way to keep my mail messages was to utilize the Evolution backup operation. When I restored the information in the new machine, Evolution told me that it was doing something like translating into a sqlite format, and after several minutes I didn't get all my old folders and messages. I have explored the Evolution standard directories in my machine, and I've learnt that the information is in $HOME/.local/share/evolution/mail/local, where I found files like MYFOLDER, MYFOLDER.cmeta, MYFOLDER.ev-summary, MYFOLDER.ev-summary-meta, MYFOLDER.ibex.index, and MYFOLDER.ibex.index.data. However, none of the folders (type MYFOLDER), are visible in Evolution. Do you have any idea on what's happening? Yes, you are jumping across multiple generations of the product. Internal storage has changed considerably [ it now uses XDG and SQLite ]. Is .evolution folder still around? That is where ancient versions of Evolution stored their data. If you run Evolution 2.32.0 or later, data will be stored according to the XDG Base Directory Specification. http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.1/data-storage.html.en http://softsolder.com/2010/10/19/evolution-2-32-email-folder-location/ ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation
Yes, the folders were apparently unpacked in the new locations. I mean, MYFOLDER, MYFOLDER.cmeta, MYFOLDER.ev-summary, MYFOLDER.ev-summary-meta, MYFOLDER.ibex.index, and MYFOLDER.ibex.index.data, are in $HOME/.local/share/evolution/mail/local, which, I undertand, is the new standard location. The thing is why can I not see them with the new version of Evolution? Since, as I understand, there is no way to see them using Evolution, is there another way to see them, and the messages inside? Thanks, --Sergio. -- View this message in context: http://gnome-evolution-general.1774414.n4.nabble.com/A-couldn-t-recover-my-old-folders-after-a-backup-restore-operation-tp4655832p4655837.html Sent from the Gnome Evolution - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
