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<title>The &i18n-archivemailagent; Handbook</title>

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<author>
<personname>
<firstname>Laurent</firstname>
<surname>Montel</surname>
</personname>
<email>montel@kde.org</email>
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<copyright>
<year>2013</year>
<holder>Laurent Montel</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2013-08-30</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.11</releaseinfo>
</articleinfo>

<sect1 id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>
&i18n-archivemailagent; is an Akonadi agent which allows to archive mail folders automatically.
</para>

<sect2 id="using-kapp">
<title>Using &i18n-archivemailagent;</title>

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<para>Use <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Automatic Archiving...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice><action> in &kmail;'s reader window to open a dialog to set up automatic archiving of mail folders.</action>
</para>

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<para>This is a powerful tool that can be used to assist in backing up your email. To use this, click
the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button, and the <guilabel>Add Archive Mail</guilabel> dialog will pop up.</para>

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<screeninfo>Add Archive Mail dialog</screeninfo>
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<listitem><para>First select the folder you would like to archive.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select the format you would like to save it in. &eg; <literal role="extension">.tar.bz2</literal>
 in the drop down list. The archive filename will consist of the prefix <userinput>Archive_</userinput>,
the path of the selected folder in &kmail;'s folder list, the date in format <userinput>year-month-day</userinput> 
and the selected file extension &eg; <filename>Archive_Local Folder_inbox_2013-09-03.tar.bz2</filename>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>By default <guilabel>Archive all subfolders</guilabel> is enabled. 
Uncheck this if you only want the parent folder archived.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>You can type in the location you would like to save your archive, or click 
the <guibutton>Open File Dialog</guibutton> button to select the folder.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select how often you wish to backup through the dropdown menus next to 
<guilabel>Backup each:</guilabel>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If you are limited on drive space you will want to set a limit on 
<guilabel>Maximum number of archive:</guilabel></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>If you have added or modified an archive job it will be executed automatically after closing the dialog.
</para>

<para>If you have already added mail archive jobs the <guilabel>Configure Archive Mail 
Agent</guilabel> dialog will list and allow to modify them.
</para>
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<screeninfo>Configure Archive Mail Agent</screeninfo>
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      <para>Configure Archive Mail Agent</para>
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<para>You can use the checkbox at the left of each entry in the list to enable or disable 
archiving of this job.
</para>
<para>Using the context menu launched with a &RMB; click on an archive job you can open the 
folder containing the archives or start the archive job immediately. This will overwrite an existing 
archive created earlier at the same day without notification.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="credits">

<title>Credits and License</title>

<para>&i18n-archivemailagent;</para>
<para>
Program copyright 2013 Laurent Montel montel@kde.org 
</para>
<para>
Documentation Copyright &copy; 2013 Laurent Montel montel@kde.org
</para>

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