Bug 409509

Summary:	FEATURE REQUEST: Easily backup/export all pim data (kontact, kmail, calendar, contacts, etc.) for import/restoration on another PC (or a restored PC).
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] Akonadi	Reporter:	Unknown <null>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	justin.zobel, null
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.11.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Unknown 2019-07-04 21:43:30 UTC

SUMMARY
I initially submitted this bug to Kontact (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409293), but the corresponding developer said what I was suggesting couldn't be implemented because akonadi couldn't do it. I would like to request for a feature to easily back up all pim data to a single file and re-imoort that data on a new install of Kontact, without needing to specify the folders of where each email folder should be placed. As of right now the Kmail pin exporter tool exports settings, but when it re-imports them to another PC, the user has to specify where they would like each folder to go. This is undesirable as the greatest benefit, imo, to an export-import tool is the ability to easily and simply back up the way your email/PIM client is set up, then to simply re-imoort that and have the target PC's set-up become exactly what the source is like.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. A simple interface that can choose a folder to export the data to.
2. Data gets put into a single compressed file.
3. An import tool that would make the target PIM client (Kontact) be configured and set up exactly like the source was.