darkscot Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have succumbed to temptation and installed KDE4 to have a play with it. When I ran Kmail it did its 'first run wizard' thing. I was expecting it to use my existing settings as I have logged in under the same user name as with old KDE? Can I transfer the settings across? I don't want to set up my email accounts and message rules again. Will the settings 'sync', I don't want to have two different versions of Kmail running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindwave Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I have succumbed to temptation and installed KDE4 to have a play with it. When I ran Kmail it did its 'first run wizard' thing. I was expecting it to use my existing settings as I have logged in under the same user name as with old KDE?Can I transfer the settings across? I don't want to set up my email accounts and message rules again. Will the settings 'sync', I don't want to have two different versions of Kmail running. did you ever find a solution for this? I was able to xfer my contacts nbut havent xferred my mail yet. j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) Open Konqueror and click on View and click on Show Hidden Folders This enables you to see .kde then into Share then Apps where you will see kmail. Copy it out in full and save it to a safe partition or a plug in Flash USB drive. When you complete your desired OS install then copy/paste kmail from your saved data place and have it overwrite the kmail in your new OS. You will still need to setup the send and receive parts of Kmail setup but all your sent and received emails and other settings will now be there. Another trick is to also copy and save the .mozilla folder as well and do the same to the new OS as well. It will also have all your Firefox settings, Add-ons, Themes etc as well. Cheers. John. Edited May 5, 2008 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindwave Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 awesome deal john, thanks, works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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