[Users] claws mail question [solved] Sharing Claws-mail data between OS's

[Abhay S. Kushwaha]

Afraid not.

Are you able to go to .claws-mail/addrbook in your Linux box?

What does addrbook--index.xml there say? Are the files mentioned in
that file in the same folder?

Can you read these files? Do they have content?


On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:13:37 -0700, work at mykot.com wrote:

> Abhay,
> It is all working great. I need just a bit more help. The
> addressbooks are not coming across in linux. I am sure there is
> another setting. Thanks for the help.
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:09:02 -0700
> <work at mykot.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks to all for the help. Thanks particularly to Abhay for the
> > specifics. Below is my contribution back to the community on this
> > topic of sharing Claws-mail data between dual boot OS's (Windows
> > and Linux).
> >
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > How to share mail data and settings in Claws-mail on a dual boot
> > Windows/Linux system
> >
> > 1 - starting in Windows, You need to locate two Claws-mail
> > folders: a. Claws-mail - is your config directory
> > typically in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\
> > b. Mail - is your mailbox folder. (It may have multiple
> > mailboxes)
> > typically in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\ as well
> >
> > Note: If you have multiple accounts set up, you may have other
> > folders in that file, such as, “dad”, “mom”, etc.
> >
> > 2 - We need a path that can be used by both Windows and Linux. The
> > best option is a FAT32 partition. This folder will be R/W to both
> > systems. It will most likely be the D: drive in Windows. In Linux
> > mount it as whatever you want.
> >
> > 3 - Move "Mail" (and any other mailbox folders) to D: at the root
> > level. Do not place them within any other folder.
> >
> > You can do it in C: if you want to use a single partition in
> > Windows (bad idea BTW). Pro tip: On Windows, try to keep all your
> > personal files in a separate partition than the primary Windows
> > system (C:). If possible, better still, a completely different
> > drive.
> >
> > 4 - Now open up folderlist.xml and edit your mailbox path (line
> > 3). It should look like this:
> > <folder type="mh" path="C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mail"
> >
> > Change it to: <folder type="mh" path="D:\Mail"
> >
> > If you have additional mailboxes, there will be additional lines
> > futher down in this file. You need to do this for each of them.
> >
> > Do a find/replace of "\" with "/". Replace all.
> >
> > Linux requires “/”. Windows will read either “\” or “/”.
> >
> > Save
> >
> > 5 – Exit Windows and launch Linux.
> >
> > 6 - Verify that you have both Windows C: and D: drives
> > (partitions) mounted (i.e. C: as windows-C, and D: as windows-D).
> > Make note of the mount path for each.
> >
> > 7 – Assuming you have installed Claws-mail and started a simple
> > mail account, enter your /home/%user% folder. You will need to
> > set up two symlinks, one for the Claws-mail profile and one for
> > Mail folder(s). < ln (link) -s (symbolic) mount path target >
> >
> > a. ln
> > -s /mnt/windows-C/Users/%username%/AppData/Roaming/Claws-Mail .claws-mail
> > Makes the Linux Claws-mail settings read the Windows settings
> >
> > b. ln -s /mnt/windows-D D:
> > Makes the mailbox path of D:\Mail accessible to Claws-Mail in
> > Linux. You should probably verify that the mount is writable and
> > in your home folder you can do "cd D:\Mail" and see your mailbox
> > folders.
> >
> > That's it. Fire up Claws-mail in Linux and enjoy.
> >
> > 8 – Other changes that might be needed:
> > a. If you have actions defined, copy "actionswinrc" to
> > "actionsrc". Edit out any actions that are Windows specific, for
> > example, those that fire a Windows command.
> > b. Review your Accounts, especially if you had signatures
> > configured. The windows paths won't work here. You may want to
> > move those to the shared drive and use the same logic.
> > c. You'll have to load-up all the plug-ins again.
> > d. Review the fonts defined in Preferences->Display->Fonts
> > e. If you use gpg, you'll have to symlink path to your gnupg data
> > folder to .gnupg in your home folder as well.
> > f. If you create any folders in Windows, you'll have to open up
> > folderlist.xml and do a find/replace of "\" with "/".
> >
> >
> >
> > You can switch back-and-forth any time and your mail will be
> > current in either OS.
> >
> > Solution provided by: "Abhay S. Kushwaha"
> > <kushwaha at netsolutionsindia.com> on
> > users-request at lists.claws-mail.org
> >
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


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