Following the emC knowledge-base suggested path to database files, within / roaming/emclient/…, I find (as well as a local folders subtree) a number of subfolders and within those more subfolders all with roughly the same syntax
they don’t appear to be exact copies of each other in terms of content?
So my question - is there just one database file somewhere - knowledge-base seems to suggest there is? Or is there one database file for each email account - I have two in use - one IMAP / web; one POP / local. To move my email app to another machine the Help says I can copy the database file - if I can find it!
Note: Automatic backups seem to be successfully stored elsewhere.
is there just one database file somewhere - knowledge-base seems to suggest there is? Or is there one database file for each email account
By default “all eM Client mail data are all located in the following hidden database folder”, unless you have changed it via “Menu / Settings (Preferences) / General / Storage”
Windows default location is C:\Users%username%\AppData\Roaming\eM Client
Mac default location is /Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support/eM Client
I have two in use - one IMAP / web; one POP / local. To move my email app to another machine the Help says I can copy the database file - if I can find it!
To transfer “the exact mail database including local folders and all complete settings etc to a new computer”, you would “either use the built-in Backup and Restore” or “copy the complete eM Client hidden database folder contents” as per the eM Client blog link instructions below.
Thanks for the feedback. The path I was looking at was the same one you’ve quoted from the same source in the knowledgebase.
Looking at the outline of those files there is a lot of data - several GB and several thousand files - seems a lot of separate elements to copy and move - hence I was trying to reduce the task.
But I’d rather go that route (and it seems move all the similar looking subfolders within this path), compared to the alternative suggested backup and restore, since my experience with that routine is that something will get missed. Thanks