moving evolution

[Rich Rudnick]

On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 20:39 +0100, horst.schlonz at gmx.de wrote:
> i have copied ~/.evolution from an old installation to my current home but
> evolution keeps asking for a new account on startup. what can i do?
> 
evolution keeps it's account info under .gconf/apps/evolution/mail.
You'll need to copy the %gconf.xml file there as well. Make sure that
gconfd is not running when you copy the file. (you'll need to exit
gnome, and possibly shutdown gdm as well, and work from a console; or,
read up on gconftool)