[Users] Moving Mail

[Charles Curley]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:26:13 -0500
Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com> wrote:

> I'm going to a conference soon where I'll need to use claws on my
> laptop, instead of the desktop machine I usually use. Can I simply
> copy my mail directory from one home directory to the other or is
> there a problem involved that I am unaware of?


In addition, you can copy your setup, mail accounts, etc. by copying
~/.claws-mail. As Mr. Vitullo indicated, preserve times and ownerships.

I do this routinely between my desktop and laptops with unison. The
setup file for unison on the laptops is:

  root = /home/charles/.claws-mail
  root = ssh://charles@dzur//home/charles/.claws-mail

  times = true

Similarly for ~/Mail.

This is not the first time we have answered this question or a similar
one. Is it becoming a FAQ?

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