Merging kmail files?

[Richard S. Crawford]

On Friday 27 July 2007 08:36:04 Michael Hirsch wrote:
> On 7/24/07, Richard S. Crawford <rscrawford at mossroot.com> wrote:
> > The problem is, I have email on my desktop computer that I need to get
> > to; but I also still have email on my laptop computer that I need to
> > keep.  Is there a way I can merge the kmail files from both computers so
> > that I can get to all of them?
>
> Probably.  First, find the directories that kmail is storing all its
> mail in on both computers and BACK THEM UP.  You want to be able to
> restore these directories when you screw things up.
>
> Now, if the folders on the different computers have different names,
> you ought to be able to copy them from one to the other and restart
> kmail.
>
> If your mailboxes are in maildir format I think you ought to be able
> to merge the two directories.  If in mbox format you ought to be able
> to append one file to another.
>
> One thing to remember is that you can always open a mailbox with vi or
> emacs and edit it, or just look at it to try to understand what is
> going on.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Michael

Thanks, Michael.  I actually discovered that I could import the files, and 
that the import would work just fine over the Fish protocol.  Since I can 
reach the desktop computer through SSH, this worked just fine for me.  Now 
I'm going through and eliminating duplicates... which for some reason the 
import process did not do.

-- 
Richard S. Crawford (http://www.mossroot.com)
"That which does not kill me makes me stranger."
    -Llewellyn, from Ozy & Millie
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