[Users] moving claws-mail to new system

[Charles Curley]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 18:30:40 +0100
Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 19:19:37 +0200
> Andreas Meyer <a.meyer at nimmini.de> wrote: 
> 
> > Can I copy this old structure somehow to the new system and what
> > folders and files would that be?  
> 
> Yes, you can. If you have an MH mailbox then you should copy this,
> (default is ~/Mail), and you should also copy ~/.claws-mail/. See
> `man claws-mail` for descriptions of what it contains.
> 
> Be mindful about preserving permissions and ownership, i.e. do it.
> 
> Easiest way is probably creating tarballs.

Indeed. I do exactly this routinely with unison between two desktops and
a laptop. Works just fine.

Just be sure claws-mail is shut down when you make the transfer.

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