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How to merge my old kmail to my new kmail?

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Friday, July 14th 2006, 10:01pm

How to merge my old kmail to my new kmail?

I recently built a new PC and installed the latest kubuntu. I want to import my old kmail in my old box to my new unit, what is the best way to do it? I am interested in preserving all rights and permisions since the new acount is the same as in the old unit.

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Thursday, July 20th 2006, 5:19pm

RE: How to merge my old kmail to my new kmail?

First, locate your mail directory. That should be ~/Mail or ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail .

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tar cvjf mail-backup.tar.bz2 <em>maildir</em>

Transfer the file to your new machine and extract:

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tar xvjpf mail-backup.tar.bz2 -C <em>maildir</em>


But it may be handy to copy the whole ~/.kde folder altogether to the new machine to preserve all your settings in KDE.
Bram Schoenmakers
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