<chapter id="exporting">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Scarlett</firstname>
<surname>Clark</surname>
<affiliation><address>
&Scarlett.Clark.mail;
</address></affiliation>
</author>
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</authorgroup>
<date>2013-07-22</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.11</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Exporting in &kmail;</title>
<sect1 id="export-options">
<title>Export Options in &kmail;</title>
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<sect2 id="export-data-wizard">
  <title>Export &kmail; Data</title>
  <para>&kmail; has an export wizard to export your settings and email easily. This is useful for backups and moving all of your settings and email
    to a new installation.</para>
  <variablelist>
    <varlistentry><term><menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Export &kmail; Data...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>This brings up the <guilabel>PIM Setting Exporter</guilabel> dialog. Select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Back Up Data...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
          it will prompt you to close all kdepim applications. Once you have closed them, click <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> to continue, or <guibutton>No</guibutton> to cancel.</para>
	  <para>You will be prompted to create a
          backup name, enter the name into the <guilabel>File</guilabel> textbox, &eg; <replaceable>mymailsettings</replaceable>. The default filetype it saves as is <filename role="extension">.zip</filename>, if you want a different type, uncheck <guilabel>Automatically select filename extension</guilabel> and append the extension to the end of your filename.</para>
          <para>The final screen shows the
          log of the backup up process. You can close the window once you have reviewed the log and verified your backup was successful.</para>
        <para>To restore your backup, select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Restore Data...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
