[AuckLUG] Evolution email files

[Vincente Aggrippino]

Hi Rick

I haven't used Evolution in a long time, but it doesn't sound like your
problems are directly related to Evolution.

Usually the invalid parameter message will come up when there's an unusual
character in a file name.  It's probably a dash that cp (or the file manager
you're using (Nautilus or Konqueror?)) is trying to interpret as an
argument.

It'll be easier if you can figure out exactly which file(s) the command is
choking on.  When you copy that specific file, you should put a backslash
before the character causing the problem.

This will probably be easier to track down if you can try copying using the
command line.

-- Vince

On 1/18/07, Rick <rleck at pl.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Folks
>
> I have a problem copying my email files from evolution, which has
> prevented me from doing a clean install for quite some time as I cannot
> backup my email. Whenever i try to copy any part of the .evolution
> folder, I get errors claiming an 'invalid parameter'. If I skip, it will
> just keep skipping through all my mail and addresses, effectively
> killing the process. It does the same to backup programs, which return
> errors too.
>
> Is there any way to archive, rebuild, reindex or export the mail
> folders? Exporting the address book in .vcf works a treat, but I have
> lost all my mail in previous attempts so I am loathe to do it again. I
> can't seem to find any mention of this issue at the Ximian site or on
> the web. Everyone just copies their mail folder and runs! ( I've moved
> dozens of other people's mail this way without a hitch)
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 6.10. After several successful distro upgrades, it
> really is time for a clean install as I like to install and play with
> various FOS software and I've built up quite a mess.  Work is also
> forcing me to put Windoze back onto the machine and we all know what it
> can do to your linux box if installed after the fact.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Rick Leckinger
> PS: I sent this to the LUG a few days ago, and again today. Both times I
> got a reply that "The message's content type was not explicitly allowed"
> Am I breaking any netiquette asking this question here??
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