It's not about exporting kmail's data (which I understand to be the
actual emails), it's about exporting its settings -- like the application
name says.
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No really as we export mail when they are stored as mbox, or maildir (for pop account).
The name of application was good when I started it, but after settings I implemented method for exporting data as mail/addressbook/calendar etc.
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Yeah, well, right now it's a big mess, with 90% of the GUI talking about settings, and 10% talking about data.
A very common use case for this is to export only settings. Emails are stored on IMAP, so they can be fetched again at destination.
Of course pop3 users (assuming they still exist?) also need to transfer the emails, that's like a bonus feature in a settings exporter :-)
As an IMAP user, it's scary to click on export data when I just want to export settings.
For a POP3 user, if all you can find is a menu-item about exporting settings, you'll try that and you'll be glad to then realize it also exports the emails ;-)
Brainstorming other solutions:
- Import/Export KMail Settings/Emails... urgh, hard to read.
- Two menuitems, which launch pimsettingsexporter with slightly different defaults?
- s/Settings/Data/ *everywhere* in the pimsettingsexporter application (and possibly renaming it to pim-data-transfer or something...)
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Me for example :) I don't have sieve support in my perso email account :(
(a day I will create a lib for pop3 as for the moment it still uses kioslave)
also need to transfer the emails, that's like a bonus feature in a settings exporter :-)
As an IMAP user, it's scary to click on export data when I just want to export settings.
For a POP3 user, if all you can find is a menu-item about exporting settings, you'll try that and you'll be glad to then realize it also exports the emails ;-)Brainstorming other solutions:
- Import/Export KMail Settings/Emails... urgh, hard to read.
Indeed not good.
- Two menuitems, which launch pimsettingsexporter with slightly different defaults?
People will not understand why there is two different menu entry...
- s/Settings/Data/ *everywhere* in the pimsettingsexporter application (and possibly renaming it to pim-data-transfer or something...)
I think that it's the better solution no ?