Importing Kmail files from Kubuntu 6.06 to Kubuntu 11.10 : Solved

[Ric Moore]

On 07/22/2012 09:59 PM, rswanson wrote:

> It isn't the most elegant solution, but putting the old drive in an
> external USB box didn't work.
> I physically added my source HD in the Kubuntu machine to the secondary
> ATA cable.
> I ensured that the driver was registered in the BIOS.
> I booted the Kubuntu 11.10 system up, and mounded the old ( source) drive.
> I started up kmail in the new system, opened the import file,
> selected the appropriate kmail import location
> ( kmail Maildirs and folder structure )
> and the rest was a no brainer.  You have to watch the transfer because
> in my case there were many files that would not transfer because they
> were probably corrupted.  When this happens, the transfer stopps and a
> menu pops up that requires your action.
> I was able to transfer all 64,000 files successfully!
> Thrilled is not the word that describes how I feel right now.
> I hope this is of use to someone.

I am truly glad to see you get this resolved. If "import" didn't work 
then it looked like you were hosed. Congrats. Ric


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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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