Evolution filter transfer

[Keith Clark]

On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 09:24 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 21:03 -0400, Keith Clark wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 17:08 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> > > On 04/18/2008 04:58 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> > > > After spending some time making filters in Evolution for my Yahoo mail
> > > > account, is there an easy way to transfer those filters to another
> > > > desktop?
> > > > 
> > > > Keith
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > In Evolution:
> > > 
> > > File|Backup Settings
> > > 
> > > Copy the resulting evolution-backup.tar.gz over to the new desktop &
> > > bring up Evolution. Then:
> > > 
> > > File|Restore Settings & use that evolution-backup.tar.gz to restore.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > Thanks!  That is exactly the solution I was looking for.
> > 
> > Keith
> 
> Hi Keith, 
> NoOp's suggestion may not be correct !?
> I understand: You only want an extract of the filters to use it with
> your Yahoo mail !?
> 
> Evoltuions Backup / Restore is a complete, not filters only, solution !!
> 
> It may not be usable at Yahoo's ???
> 
> Cheers, svobi
> 
> 
I just don't want to have to recreate my filters on all of my 5
computers.  Will this method not work for me?

Keith