20 Nov
2015
20 Nov
'15
11:10 p.m.
On Friday 20 November 2015 09:15:29 am Baron wrote:
Hello Nik,
...
I found that data using the same path as above. Thanks:
> Please write down the passwords for your email accounts prior to
> moving, 'cause that was a source of surprises for me :-)
>
> Nik
Actually it was keeping hold of the passwords for the various accounts
that was my main concern. I did rather hope that it would just be a
simple file transfer.
Baron,
I believe it can be done by *moderately* simple file transfer, with one small
complication.
What I do is copy these files from my home directory:
tar cvfW apkmail.tar .trinity/share/apps/kmail/
tar cvfW
configs.tar .trinity/share/config/kmail* .trinity/share/config/email*
.trinity/share/config/kaddress* .trinity/share/config/kwallet*
and then install them on the new drive/partition:
tar -xv --overwrite --totals --file=configs.tar
tar -xv --overwrite --totals --file=apkmail.tar
This works just fine and Kmail will send or receive emails without asking for
a password because the passwords are in ~.trinity/share/config/kmailrc
(munged, not plain text). *However* if this is a first run of Kmail it will
ask for passwords after a reboot. What I do then is repeat:
tar -xv --overwrite --totals --file=configs.tar
and it works fine thereafter. I think.
I'm still working this out, but it seems to work. I do it so seldom I have not
bothered to hunt down the problems, but always meant to. Your post motivated
me to try again. Let me know if it works for you.
Andy