Evolution + files on a file server?

[Gerry Tool]

Douglas Furlong wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 14:15, Edward Croft wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 09:06, Justin P. Steiger wrote:
>>
>>>I'm a noob, therefore I "reinstall" a LOT .. I use Evolution for the
>>>most part, but I'm really getting sick of having to fwd all the e-mailI
>>>receive to an online e-mail account when I get ready to install again.
>>>
>>>How do I go about making Evolution seek it's files and folders from my
>>>file server machine (XP)? At work we use Outlook and it seeks everything
>>>from a central location so no matter the machine you end up up, you can
>>>get your e-mail.
>>>
>>>Thanks for anyand all help,
>>>Justin
>>
>>Next time when you partition the disk, create a separate home partition.
>>This will allow you to keep all of your information. I did this with my
>>home machine. When it came time to reinstall, I just reset that
>>partition as the /home partition and told it not to format it. When
>>Fedora came up, I had all my settings. A couple of minor tweaks and I
>>was rolling.
>>Just a thought
>>Ed
> 
> The other option is to set up an IMAP server.
> 
> I am not sure what software you would use on a windows server, I doubt
> there is a free solution.
> 
> Doug
> 
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Another solution is to save (recursively) the evolution folder that is 
in your home directory.  After install, before using evolution, copy 
that folder into your new home directory.  When you open evolution, all 
your stuff will be there.

Gerry