[Users] Fw: Config files and portability

[Carlo Federico Pauletti]

Hi Ralf, and thank you for your kind answer.

I am glad to know that it is actually possible. I got initially
discouraged by the fact that the settings contained in claws-mail's *rc
files seem to be scattered and unorganized, and I (obviously) tend to
keep track of my configs in a clean and organized way. I assume I just
have to run a few experiments in porting my setup to other targets.
Unfortunately, i could not find any relevant information in the manual.
So if you have any additional tips or suggestions which might be
relevant, feel free to share. I'd appreciate that.

Best,
Federico

On Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:15:51 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <kde.lists at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2022-09-04 at 18:07 +0200, Carlo Federico Pauletti wrote:  
> > I recently started using claws-mail, and liked it very much so far.
> > I have one question related to its portability, though: I would
> > like to port my setup to other machines, assuming this can be done
> > easily. I inspected the .claws-mail folder in my ~ directory, and
> > found a large number of config files (accountrc, clawsrc,
> > folderitemrc...). I would like to know if it's possible to emulate
> > my present setup completely by transferring some (or all) of these
> > files to a new machine. I am open to any suggestion on how you
> > experienced users manage such thing.    
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this does work, if the version of Claws used on the other machine is
> equal, if so, you could even share the same files between installs on
> the same machine by links.
> 
> If the version on the other machine is higher (newer), than it works
> too, but data might get converted.
> 
> What might fail is using the files for a version that is lower
> (older). The files are likely, but not necessarily backwards
> compatible.
> 
> Depending on your setup you might need to copy other files.
> 
> When I used Claws for my POP accounts, I used bogofilter, too. So I
> needed to take care of ~/.bogofilter/, too.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf  


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