evolution 1.5.6+

[Bob Chiodini]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 12:38, Paul Iadonisi wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 11:19, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> 
> > ...  Before upgrading, within
> > evolution, I copied all of my IMAP folders contenets into local
> > folders.  I preserved home directories across the install. I then used
> > the import function of evolution to import the mail from
> > ~/.evolution/mail/local.
> 
>   Pardon me if I'm missing something obvious, but...why in the *world*
> would have to copy folder contents from an IMAP server to local folders
> and then reimport them into evolution in order to convert from one
> version of evolution to another?  Heck, even converting from one client
> to an entirely different client should be almost a no-brainer when you
> are using IMAP.  At least as far as the folder *contents* go.  Sounds
> like a lot of unneeded extra work, to me.
>   Local folders and configuration settings (including imap server
> config) are another story.  However, one bonus of using cyrus-imapd is
> that even your folder subscriptions are preserved.
> -- 
> -Paul Iadonisi
>  Senior System Administrator
>  Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist
>  Ever see a penguin fly?  --  Try Linux.
>  GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets

Paul,

I probably should have indicated:  This is my home machine and runs the
IMAP server, as well as my desktop.

Bob...