On Fri, 03 May 2013 15:01:40 +0100 Chris Walker cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk allegedly wrote:
More on this problem first. Whatever I did to Sylpheed including moving the Mail folder didn't help. So I'm guessing that there's a config file somewhere that I'd need to either move or delete.
Claws keeps all its config files in a hidden directory called $HOME/.claws-mail. Sylpheed seems to use a directory called $HOME/.sylpheed-2.0 (I have just installed sylpheed in a VM to try out conversion)
Assuming I give up on Sylpheed and migrate to Claws, how easy is it to move all the mail too? Am I right in thinking that they both use the same mail structure of MH? So can I simply drop the Sylpheed mail into the Claws mail system and expect it to 'just work' or will it all go nipple north?
Claws certainly uses MH mail and stores all mail and mail folders in a directory called $HOME/claws-mail. Sylpheed defaults to mail store in $HOME/Mail (though you can pick an alternative location if you wish).
Having installed sylpheed I have just copied all my claws mail and claws configs to the sylpheed equivalents and everything worked fine. I now have a complete copy of my claws mail store on sylpheed in a VM on my desktop.
So - I conclude the the same would work in reverse. Just install claws and then copy across the sylpheed store and config and Bob's your parent's sibling.
Mick
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