2012/5/7 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@gmail.com>
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 15:12 +0200, Antonio M wrote:
> you are right about the list....Can I ask a question??
> If you make a fresh installation, you are requested to set an account,
> that
> is done even if you have copied back your backup folders ..and Restore
> of
> backup is done after you have set an account: what am I missing??? is
> it
> correct???

No it isn't. This is happening because Evo stores part of the config
data in Gconf, which you didn't copy. That's why it's important to use
the built-in mechanism. Read the referenced page for more.

I copied also Gconf file, as in the documentation


> Thunderbird has a different behaviour, if you copied back folders you
> are not asked to set up an account.

Because TB works differently?

yes, copy back your folder (.i.e. .thunderbird folder) and you are not called for a new account.

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Antonio Montagnani
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