Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
No worries, I've embarressed myself a few times forgetting things were hidden and wondering why I couldn't find them, so it's something that now comes easily to mind :-))) John. On Fri, 14 May 2004 10:30, g2 wrote: ah yes, ok, that did the trick. Actually I did not know what the . stood for. Thank you for thinnking of the obvious, all set now ! :) GT On Thursday 13 May 2004 12:27 am, John Layt wrote: 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
Don't forget Linux is case sensitive so make sure you search on .Mail and not .mail. Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Layt Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official 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: 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 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have recieved it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
ah yes, ok, that did the trick. Actually I did not know what the . stood for. Thank you for thinnking of the obvious, all set now ! :) GT On Thursday 13 May 2004 12:27 am, John Layt wrote: 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
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 Dunno about the others, but I didn't respond because I've not used Kmail in ages.. I use Thunderbird most of the time, and Evolution or Pine the rest of the time.. sorry dude, can't help you. rgds Franki -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free web developer resources. Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
Well, a few suggestions. In KMail 3.2, your mail is no longer stored in ~/Mail/, but instead in ~/.Mail/ . On starting the new KMail for the first time, it looks to see if you have mail ~/Mail/, if so it copies them for you into ~/.Mail/, if not it creates a new, empty ~/.Mail/ . So what happened with you is that when you first ran KMail without your old folder in place, it created your new folder, then by adding your old folder, it gets all confused (a bug, IMHO, you should report it). Solution: Delete your ~/.Mail/ folder and run KMail, and your old mails should be copied OK. If you have e-mails in the new folder that you want to keep, you will have to copy them over later individually. John. On Wed, 12 May 2004 15:59, 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] moving to kde mail under 10.0 Official
I can only tell you my experience. I only wiped out the other partitions but left home alone. When I started KMail for the first time it asked me if I wanted to move my old directories to the new. I said yes and never saw any of them again. My be a bug who knows. Roly On Tuesday 11 May 2004 08:59 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 -- MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! Linux Counter #241069 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
