[Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-28 Thread Julio Sergio Santana
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 seve

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-28 Thread Andre Klapper
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

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-28 Thread Julio Sergio Santana
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 result

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-28 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
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. N

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-28 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
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

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-28 Thread Julio Sergio Santana
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 t

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-09-29 Thread Pete Biggs
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/evolut

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-10-01 Thread Julio Sergio Santana
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-

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-10-02 Thread Pete Biggs
> 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

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-10-02 Thread Julio Sergio
Pete Biggs 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

Re: [Evolution] A couldn't recover my old folders after a backup/restore operation

2012-10-03 Thread Pete Biggs
On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 23:27 +, Julio Sergio wrote: > Pete Biggs 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? > Yes. But remember that deleting the tempo