Re: Kmail backups

On Saturday 23 November 2002 19:38, Jonathan Hart wrote:
> On Saturday 23 November 2002 3:38 pm, Werner Joss wrote:
> > On Saturday 23 November 2002 15:30, Jonathan Hart wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I want to backup my Kmail install, including both all my accumulated
> > > messages & prefs for the app if possible. Could someone tell me how to
> > > go about it the best way?
> >
> > messages are usually stored in directory Mail in your home-directory -
> > just make a complete backup of this folder (including subfolders !).
>
> Does this folder get locked during/after KMail sessions? I ask as it won`t
> allow me to copy files across (to a Fat32 partition mounted as /shared)
> right now. I want to do a quick backup of this stuff so I can reinstall
> Linux in a cleaner way, with /home seperated.

hmm,
I wonder why copy could be blocked in any way - I never had problems with this
even with kmail running....

>
> > as for prefs/settings, look at ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc - all settings
> > are in this file.
> > HTH
> > werner
>
> Thanks Werner.
>

you're welcome, at least this is the purpose of mailinglists like this -
help others to solve their problems and getting help on the own ones.
cheers
werner


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