Re: [SLE] Looking for my mail in a lost Linux partition

From: Per Qvindesland (per_at_qvtech.cc)
Date: 09/28/05

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:29:54 +0200

    Email backup in kmail is a pest, I really whish someone would come up with
    something similar to MS windoze's pst file.

    On Wednesday 28 September 2005 15:24, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
    > * Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa@gmail.com> [09-28-05 05:41]:
    > ....
    >
    > > Now I have backed up all my software archives (entire KDE 3.42 etc) to
    > > Windows, and only thing that remains is my mail. Where do I find it
    > > for backing up?
    > > http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdepim/kmail/faq.html#id2605128
    > > told me to look under ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/. What I see is this:
    > >
    > > ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/
    > >
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 11 KB gmail
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 1 KB inbox
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 30 KB linux
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 1 KB trash
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 1 KB drafts
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 1 KB sent-mail
    > > <DIR> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:45 1 KB outbox
    >
    > Your mail will be beneath these folders. ie: using gmail as an example
    >
    > gmail/cur/
    > new/
    > tmp/
    >
    > > Somehow these file sizes don't look right.
    >
    > sizes are for *that* directory only, not those beneath.
    >
    > > I see a lock file in the ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail folder. Perhaps kmail
    > > didn't shut down properly?
    >
    > that is correct. But since you do not have kmail running and have
    > moved the files, the lock is no good. Delete it.
    >
    > > Do I have to recover the mail from elsewhere?
    >
    > no.
    >
    >
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