Backup
gconftool-2 --shutdown evolution --force-shutdown cd tar -cvzf evolution-backup.tar.gz .evolution .gconf/apps/evolution .gnome2_private/Evolution
Restore
gconftool-2 --shutdown evolution --force-shutdown tar xzf evolution-backup.tar.gz gconftool-2 --unload evolution_setting.xml gconftool-2 --load evolution_setting.xml
excellent, exactly what i was looking for.
I want to backup the data only. I don’t want to backup the settings that are causing the malfunction.