I had to update my old system, (Kubuntu 6.06), and because the
files are so important to me as a listowner of a group , I backed up the
old drive and replaced it with a new HD and Kubuntu 11.04, but the new
kmail would not import the older kmail files. They are in the /Mail
folder, and are available, but the subject line is not readable.
I have tried importing the mail files with Kmail, Thunderbird, and
SeaMonkey, with no luck.
I installed the original Kubuntu HD in another computer, and I can
read the files, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Does anyone have any way to successfully import the older files to my
new system? Would it work to install another, older, Kubuntu system and
import the files that way? I can't just dump the system and start again
and there are too many files to do it manually. ( over 40,000 )

Thanks,
Bob

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On 07/21/2012 07:16 PM, rswanson wrote:

I had to update my old system, (Kubuntu 6.06), and because the
files are so important to me as a listowner of a group , I backed up the
old drive and replaced it with a new HD and Kubuntu 11.04, but the new
kmail would not import the older kmail files. They are in the /Mail
folder, and are available, but the subject line is not readable.
I have tried importing the mail files with Kmail, Thunderbird, and
SeaMonkey, with no luck.
I installed the original Kubuntu HD in another computer, and I can
read the files, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Does anyone have any way to successfully import the older files to
my new system? Would it work to install another, older, Kubuntu system
and import the files that way? I can't just dump the system and start
again and there are too many files to do it manually. ( over 40,000 )
Thanks,
Bob


There should be an export/backup feature in your older version of kmail.
So, from the machine with the older version, export it and copy that to
your new machine and see if it will import. You might try the KDE
website to see if there is a how-to export/import from an older version
to a newer version as well. Ric



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Ric Moore wrote:

On 07/21/2012 07:16 PM, rswanson wrote:

I had to update my old system, (Kubuntu 6.06), and because the
files are so important to me as a listowner of a group , I backed up the
old drive and replaced it with a new HD and Kubuntu 11.04, but the new
kmail would not import the older kmail files. They are in the /Mail
folder, and are available, but the subject line is not readable.
I have tried importing the mail files with Kmail, Thunderbird, and
SeaMonkey, with no luck.
I installed the original Kubuntu HD in another computer, and I can
read the files, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Does anyone have any way to successfully import the older files to
my new system? Would it work to install another, older, Kubuntu system
and import the files that way? I can't just dump the system and start
again and there are too many files to do it manually. ( over 40,000 )
Thanks,
Bob


There should be an export/backup feature in your older version of kmail.
So, from the machine with the older version, export it and copy that to
your new machine and see if it will import. You might try the KDE
website to see if there is a how-to export/import from an older version
to a newer version as well. Ric


Thanks, I'll have a look. I had been using sync to back up my system,
so the files were the same as the originals.

Bob

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On 07/21/2012 11:14 PM, rswanson wrote:



Ric Moore wrote:

On 07/21/2012 07:16 PM, rswanson wrote:

I had to update my old system, (Kubuntu 6.06), and because the
files are so important to me as a listowner of a group , I backed up the
old drive and replaced it with a new HD and Kubuntu 11.04, but the new
kmail would not import the older kmail files. They are in the /Mail
folder, and are available, but the subject line is not readable.
I have tried importing the mail files with Kmail, Thunderbird, and
SeaMonkey, with no luck.
I installed the original Kubuntu HD in another computer, and I can
read the files, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Does anyone have any way to successfully import the older files to
my new system? Would it work to install another, older, Kubuntu system
and import the files that way? I can't just dump the system and start
again and there are too many files to do it manually. ( over 40,000 )
Thanks,
Bob


There should be an export/backup feature in your older version of kmail.
So, from the machine with the older version, export it and copy that to
your new machine and see if it will import. You might try the KDE
website to see if there is a how-to export/import from an older version
to a newer version as well. Ric



Thanks, I'll have a look. I had been using sync to back up my system,
so the files were the same as the originals.
Bob


Good luck! Like you, I keep everything worth keeping. Ric


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