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archiving/backup email to different folder
Hi,
im trying to achive to create/open folder which is ouside of default profile folder, ie d:\backup\, and drag and drop desired emails into it, or create rule. Goal is to have something like MS Outlook autoarchiving into archive.pst which lays also outside of default folder, ie d:\backup.
Thx
im trying to achive to create/open folder which is ouside of default profile folder, ie d:\backup\, and drag and drop desired emails into it, or create rule. Goal is to have something like MS Outlook autoarchiving into archive.pst which lays also outside of default folder, ie d:\backup.
Thx
Except that he's using Thunderbird, not Outlook...
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ElrondCT:
this sound like winner, but strangley i cannot change "local directory" under "server settings" , whatever i click it doesn accept and cannot delete or change value "c:\users\user name\ etc." ??
Im using TB 3.1.12 & Win7 Pro.
What if you have already POP account, can you set for eac different locations of store folders?
this sound like winner, but strangley i cannot change "local directory" under "server settings" , whatever i click it doesn accept and cannot delete or change value "c:\users\user name\ etc." ??
Im using TB 3.1.12 & Win7 Pro.
What if you have already POP account, can you set for eac different locations of store folders?
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Ok, wiil try and report later, many thx!
Amendment: 3.1.12 actually isn't so old (it was released in August 2011); I was confused by the version numbering system, which has changed. But 7.0.1 is the latest version, and I'd encourage you to update. I think the version numbers were changed to match up with Firefox's versions.
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it was best that you can do with Thunderbird, not what was i tended to achieve.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/archive-this/
You may want to set up a dummy mail account in TB and simply redirect the folder for that account to your desired location:
1. Tools menu, Account Settings
2. Account Actions / Add Mail Account
3. Create a POP3 account. Note: you'll have to give it a legitimate server name, because TB tries to be ever so helpful and verifies that the server name works before allowing you to create the account. You don't have to login, though. A name like backup@comcast.net will work fine.
4. Go to Server Settings for the new account. Change Local directory to D:\Backup. Turn off Check for new messages at startup and Check for new messages every n minutes.
5. Shut down and restart TB.
6. Your new account is now ready to go; you can drag & drop messages, use rules to copy or move messages, etc.