On Tuesday 23 February 2016 06:31:11 Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Monday 22 February 2016 22.20:11 Gerhard Zintel wrote:
I'm on 14.0.2 (Mint) and I've still my mails in ~/Mail and I cannot remember, that I had to do something unusual from 13.* to 14.0.
Gerhard
That seems so far away but I wonder if it does not depend on the way one "changes" one's distribution.
I think that when I first installed TDE it "took over" my ~/mail directory. However, if I install a distribution from scratch, it sets it in .trinity, so I one time moved my mails and edited the config files and since then I just copy them.
I usually don't "upgrade" a distribution, I use the "japanese temple" method: I setup the new system in parallel to the "productive" one, slowly move what has to be moved, and when I feel the new version is better I change boot priority. Once the "old" system has no more been used for a few months, it becomes a free place for the next "new" system.
So could it be that people who just upgrade their systems still have mail in the old place, but those who installed new had to migrate?
I think you have it, Thierry! I did most of my upgrades by reinstalling and copying over.
Lisi