[solved] Kmail Backup

Am Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2009 20:44:09 schrieb Anne Wilson:
> On Thursday 29 January 2009 13:00:10 widux wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2009 13:52:31 schrieb Marc Deop i Argemí:
> > > On Thursday 29 January 2009 08:38:48 widux wrote:
> > > >  Do I just have to copy my
> > > > /home/username/kde4/share/apps/kmail directory?
> > >
> > > Yep!
> > >
> > > > In Evolution there was a an option to backup mails in a *.tar.gz
> > > > archive. Is there any equivalent for this in kmail?
> > >
> > > AFAIK there is not such an option.
> >
> > Ok thanx,
> > but which folders do I have to save to backup the mails etc. manually?
>
> Please don't top-post - it makes reading in the archives difficult.  I've
> corrected the layout in this one.
>
> If you have kde 4.2 there is now an option in Dolphin called Compress which
> can make a gzipped tar archive.  Just right-click on
> /home/username/.kde4/share/apps/kmail and use the Compress facility.  I'd
> recommend that you also do one on /home/username/.kde4/share/config.
>
> I've just had a nasty crash, and am wishing that I had done that.  I shall
> do now, once I've got everything sorted again.
>
> Anne

Ok,  Anne&George thank you!