On 30 May 2007 11:19:56 +0100, Andy Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net> wrote: > I'm desperately trying to upgrade from RedHat 9 to CentOS 4.4, but the > one thing that's really causing me problems is migrating from Evolution > 1.2.2 (bundled with RedHat 9) to 2.0.2 (bundled with CentOS 4.4. > > When running Evolution 2.0.2 for the first time, with Evolution 1.2.2 > folders and files in evolution folder in same partition, the automatic > migration process starts up and seems to run OK, migrating all folders > up to Sent folder successfully. Then disaster - it terminates fatally > (error message "..quit unexpectedly..." - no indication of what the > problem is). > > I've even thought about installing Evolution 1.2.2 in CentOS 4.4 > (because it works OK for my purposes!), but there are too many problems > with this - even though I have the Evolution 1.2.2 rpm, it won't install > in CentOS because of missing packages. I really want to upgrade my main > system to CentOS 4.4 for the improvements it offers over RedHat 9, but > this email thing is a real sticking point at the moment. > > Is this a known problem or bug with the migration process - should I > give up trying to do this, forget about all my previous email stuff and > just start again with Evolution 2.0.2? > > Any suggestions please? > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > open your redhat 9 evolution open your folder select all messages now select file - save as this will export your emails to that file send that file to centos with the new evolution and import that file to your folder . now that you are there you can test Mozilla Thunderbird. to import your mail to Thunderbird copy the saved file to .thunderbird/YOURUSER.default/Mail/Local Folders -- Leonel