[Evolution] Evo 1.5.5 (Missing mail folders)

Not Zed notzed@ximian.com
Sun, 04 Apr 2004 20:52:18 +0800


On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 23:55 -0800, Charles wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 19:14, Not Zed wrote:
> > Which folders?
> > Did it migrate your data?
> > ???
> 
> Last time I updated to 1.5 I didnt need to do anything.. I installed it
> via Red-Carpet, ran the command and just started working. the 1st time I
> went in it did some stuff to my folders.. But other then that it works..
> 
> How would I migrate my data?

There's a --force-migrate option which is supposed to do it, but be
warned it will delete everything you might have already in 1.5 without
warning or prompting.

> When I go into it now its as if its not reading my "evolution" folder.
> My Filters & accounts are there.. Just not the folders..

It doesn't read anything from there anymore, everything is in
~/.evolution.  But the layout isn't the same either, so it isn't just a
rename of the folder.

> Anything I can try? A quick check of my evo folder shows about 1+ GIG of
> files. Thats what it was on my laptop..
> 
> Evo 1.4.6 works ok.. its just 1.5 thats not..

Maybe you tried other 1.5 versions which didn't migrate the data
properly or something?