[Users] restoring a Mail backup after an upgrade to Mint

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 07 Jul 2020 20:46:01 -0700, geek at uniserve.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've backed up my data and done a fresh install of both Mint (to
> version 20) and Claws Mail 3.17.5 from the Mint repos. I have restored
> my data and it's in the ~/Mail folder and the folder structure seems
> to be as it was. How can I configure Claws to use the Mail hierarchy
> for existing and new mail?

In case you didn't make a backup of the ~/.claws-mail folder, you
will need to recreate your old accounts in Claws Mail.