Comment 7 for bug 197290

hi
its good to know that there is a workaround which functions!
anyway this cannot be the solution.

the thing which comes to my mind all the time is just a proper archive
function, so that the problem of the 2gb inbox is not arising at all.

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:17:26 -0000, fgossart <email address hidden> wrote:
> I have this problem this morning with Ubuntu 7.10.
> I was afraid to loose my 2Gb mails... no solution through web, or very
> complicated.
> And then I have an idea.
> I search evolution for Windows
> http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
>
> So I setup evolution for windows on a windows XP computer.
> I archive my .evolution folder from my ubuntu computer on a external hard
> drive.
>
> After I setup evolution for windows on the other computer I created an
> account and I can see that in Documents and Settings/MYNAME there was
also
> a folder called .evolution.
> I replace this one with the other from my hard drive (ubuntu's)
>
> Windows evolution can read my 2Gb Inbox file !
> So I create some indiviual archives.
>
> Then I tried to copy all windows .evolution folder on my ubuntu and all
> is OK now !
>
> This is the first time windows help me for my linux !
>
>