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cannot restore evolution Mail - evolution-backup.tar.gz is invalid

Asked by Matt Orkins

I can backup my email settings, etc. just fine but when I try to restore I get a box saying that my file:
evolution-backup.tar.gz is not valid. I tried several times to different files to no avail.

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Dekar (dekar411) said : 		#1

Is evolution-backup.tar.gz corrupted (broken)?
Did you try to restore the backup after closing Evolution?

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Matt Orkins (morkins) said : 		#2

I just now renamed the file by removing the ".gz" and it worked. ???
Thanks for looking at this.
Matt

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Subject: Re: [Question #102552]: cannot restore evolution Mail -
evolution-backup.tar.gz is invalid
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:24:51 -0000

Your question #102552 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/102552

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Dekar requested for more information:
Is evolution-backup.tar.gz corrupted (broken)?
Did you try to restore the backup after closing Evolution?

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Best Dekar (dekar411) said : 		#3

Strange, but I'm glad that solved your problem.
Could you mark this question as solved?

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Matt Orkins (morkins) said : 		#4

Thanks Dekar, that solved my question.

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Christoph Niederberger (niederchris) said : 		#5

I have the same problem, but the renaming does not help too.