Evolution 2.8.2

[Joseph Loo]

On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 08:26 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 19:18 -0700, Joseph Loo wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 12:01 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > > 
> > > Just copy the content of the .evolution directory to the new machine.
> > > Evo 2.10 (Feodra 7?) / 2.12 (RW) will import the configuration.
> > > However, be aware that Evo 2.8.2 won't be able to use the .evolution
> > > files once they were upgraded.
> > > 
> > > - Gilboa
> > > 
> > Unless I did something wrong, I tried that already. The filters did not appear nor
> > the address books. It seems that the t\sever settings did appear. By the way, since,
> > it is a new computer, I just copied the files so I have an intact version for 2.8.2
> 
> You also want to maybe try copying over the .gconf/apps/evolution folder
> as well.
> 
> Just a side note.  Something I do on new installs is copy both of the
> above files over.  But, I do them *before* I open evolution, and before
> those files are created.  So maybe if you delete the .evolution
> and .gconf/apps/evolution folders on your new install, then copy both of
> them, that might get you closer to what you want?
> 
> -- 
> Mike Chambers
> Madisonville, KY
> 
> "The best lil town on Earth!"
> 
That was the trick. I was able to copy my evolution configuration over.
-- 
Joseph Loo
jloo at acm.org