On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 15:37, Miark wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100
> > Elwyn York disseminated the following:
> >
> > As far as your mail, it's stored in your home dir, which
> > during even a clean install is not formatted, at least not by
> > default AFAIK. This should go for most if not all of your
> > 'data', depending on how you have your disk partitioned.
>
> This is true if /home is its own partition, but what if it's on
> the same partition as /? Will it not get wiped on a new install?

In that case, the whole /home directory, including mail and any saved work, 
will be wiped out.  You really do need a backup of your work and mail before 
you install.  I'm not sure where sylpheed-claws stores your mail, but if you 
can't find it I'm sure someone will point you to it.

Anne
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