This feels like a stupid question but I've checked the archives and the Kmail handbook and couldn't find an answer I'd like to back up my mail messages onto a CD-ROM and restore them into my inbox (or another folder) prior to doing a hardware upgrade and re-install I've experimented with moving a few messages around but I lose the indexing Help would be appreciated even if it's which part of the TM I should FR ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.