first dind out where kmail has it's folders now, then copy the old mail folder in that directors. nik Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2011 schrieb Lisi Reisz: > Mea culpa - apology at the end. :-( > > On 16 November 2011 12:09, Laurent Dard <f.couperin@...> wrote: > > Le 16/11/2011 12:28, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > >> Help!! I really need my KMail stuff! How do I persuade KMail to use > >> it? > > > > If you're using the latest trinity version of kmail, I think you must > > copy your configuration from kde3 to trinity: > > $ cp -afv ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail ~/.trinity/share/apps/ > > $ cp -afv ~/.kde/share/config/kmail* ~/.trinity/share/config/ > > > > And you have to replace '$HOME/.kde' by '$HOME/.trinity' in > > /home/lisi/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc: > > $ sed 's|HOME/.kde|HOME/.trinity|g' -i ~/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc > > > > Alternatively, just copy the whole folder: > > $ cp -av /home/lisi/.kde/* /home/lisi/.trinity/ > > (but it's going to erase new settings in trinity and you'll have to > > change some other files) > > (Another solution is to use a symbolic link: > > $ rm -rf ~/.trinity > > $ ln -sv .kde ~/.trinity > > In this case, you'll have nothing to change.) > > > > And if you fear mistakes (you should), don't forget backups: > > $ cp -av /home/lisi/.kde /home/lisi/.kde.back > > $ cp -av /home/lisi/.trinity /home/lisi/.trinity.back > > > > Good luck. > > I feel mortified at my own stupidity. I came back to the computer > because I remembered that I hadn't said what I was running. My only > excuse is that I find GMail as an email client a nightmare and find it > difficult to reread my own mail before it goes. :-( > > I am running KDE 3.5.10 on Lenny. I initially tried to use Trinity > 3.5.12 on Squeeze, but that is where my KMail first got messed up. > And I now can't get back to my KDE settings either. I would at least > like to get this working again, and then explore how I shall get > Squeeze + Trinity going on the rebuild of my (sadly defunct) desktop. > I am currently running on my testbed machine, which is not going to be > long-term usable. > > Meanwhile, I have all my KMail folders, but cannot persuade KMail to > use them. :-( > > I'm really sorry that I landed you two generous helpers with almost > wasting your time. (Almost, because once I have rebuilt my desktop I > shall use either Squeeze or Lenny - and in either case the then > current Trinity. And I shall then want to know how to rescue my > KMail!!) > > I bow my head in mortification :-( > > Lisi > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read list > messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting -- Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp Einnehmerstraße 14 A-4810 Gmunden Tel.: +43 650 82 11 724 email: office@...