From d4c7a7bf17c7962cba3f5b52ed17b719876df010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Spaeth Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:21:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Delete UPGRADE.rst This is the upgrade instruction from before 4.0 and long obsolete. Delete it. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth --- docs/UPGRADE.rst | 26 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/UPGRADE.rst diff --git a/docs/UPGRADE.rst b/docs/UPGRADE.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 169ce36..0000000 --- a/docs/UPGRADE.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ - - -Upgrading to 4.0 ----------------- - -If you are upgrading from a version of OfflineIMAP prior to 3.99.12, you will -find that you will get errors when OfflineIMAP starts up (relating to -ConfigParser or AccountHashGenerator) and the configuration file. This is -because the config file format had to change to accommodate new features in 4.0. -Fortunately, it's not difficult to adjust it to suit. - - -First thing you need to do is stop any running OfflineIMAP instance, making sure -first that it's synced all your mail. Then, modify your `~/.offlineimaprc` file. -You'll need to split up each account section (make sure that it now starts with -"Account ") into two Repository sections (one for the local side and another for -the remote side.) See the files offlineimap.conf.minimal and offlineimap.conf -in the distribution if you need more assistance. - - -OfflineIMAP's status directory area has also changed. Therefore, you should -delete everything in `~/.offlineimap` as well as your local mail folders. - - -When you start up OfflineIMAP 4.0, it will re-download all your mail from the -server and then you can continue using it like normal.