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They are probably in the hidden .evolution/mail directory in your home/profile directory. Each email "folder" is a text file with the emails set sequentially in the file. These can be quite large files. It is easier to data-mine them for phone numbers and emails and keywords than to break them into individual emails again. I have not, to date, had any luck inserting these files into alternate email profiles. The folder headings do show up in the Evolution client, but they show as empty folders.<BR>
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<B>From</B>: DANIEL S LAMBERT <<A HREF="mailto:DANIEL%20S%20LAMBERT%20%3cdanlambert@bellsouth.net%3e">danlambert@bellsouth.net</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: [ale] Recovering Evolution from external device<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:15:59 -0800 (PST)<BR>
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I had a system crash in an earlier version of Ubuntu that is on a dual boot drive with XP. (note I didn't have to mention the vendor. Everyone knows who it is.) For some reason I haven't been able to determine yet, the root partition is apprently corrupted, and the system won't boot from the Ubuntu installation.<BR>
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I have installed another drive in the laptop (Lenovo X60S), and have installed Kubuntu 9.10 with no problems. I now need to recover the Evolution mail that was on the old system, as it has several very important emails that I have saved.<BR>
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I know how I would have to backup the Evolution setup and mail files if the drive was used as the active operating system, but I now have to try to recover this data from the old drive in an external drive housing via USB. I have been able to retrieve all of the other files from the drive that I need, but don't want to install a new operating system in the dual boot mode until I have recovered these Evolution files.<BR>
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Can someone provide some guidance as to how best to do this?<BR>
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Thanks!<BR>
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Dan<BR>
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