Re: Evolution Mistake

[Carlos Moffat <carlos.lst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Barnoid


On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 12:44 +0900, Bernhard Egger wrote:
> > Instead of starting over, I made the mistake of just adding the option
> > to the configuration file and running offlineIMAP again. Big mistake. I
> > notices tons of files being deleted (which I think is the expected
> > behaviour). I stopped the program inmediately. I noticed the local copy
> > still has all the emails, while tons of stuff is missing from the server
> > now. 
> > 
> > So my problem is I have a healthy local copy of my email I'd like to
> > restore, but I can't read it with evolution because they were saved with
> > the wrong 'sep' option. And obviously the server stuff is not good
> > anymore.
> 
> Synchronization works in both ways, so you can simply sync your (complete) 
> local
> copy with the server again. Before doing so, you have to change the 'sep' 
> option
> back to the original dot ('.') and then run it again.
> 
> Make a backup of your local mail first!
> 
> cheers,
> Barnoid

Thanks for you answer. Regrettably, that did not work. I guess
offlineimap things the version from the server is the right one and is
just deleting the mail in my local folder (I still have another copy, of
course).

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Carlos