Reply to my own post for the archives. On Sunday 21 February 2016 09:38:25 Glen Cunningham wrote: > Thanks for the try, Nik, > > On Sunday 21 February 2016 03:39:15 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Hi! > > > > It's that simple :-) > > NO! It is not that simple. > > > Here's a complete list of files + folders to transfer: > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kmail > > .trinity/share/config/emailidentities > > .trinity/share/config/emaildefaults > > .trinity/share/config/kmailrc > > .trinity/share/config/kmailsnippetrc > > .trinity/share/config/kmail.eventsrc > > The directory .trinity/ does not exist on the old TDE 3.5.11 > system. But that has given me a clue. > I will try to find these "files + folders" in .kde3/share/ in the > old system and try to transfer them to .trinity/share/ on the Trinity > R14.0.2 system. Laboriously copied the above 6 files/directories from .kde3 on the old box to .trinity on the new one. That did not work! Kmail failed to start. Deleted the 5 config files, restarted kmail, at least kmail started this time and my old mailboxes seem to have survived. There has gotta be a better way! Cheers, Glen