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Email Archive to Local Folder

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LoneJakyl
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There was a previous thread (archived) about moving IMAP folder contents to a Local Folder in Thunderbird, however, the instructions in that old thread are no longer valid in the current version of Thunderbird.

Using Mac OS version of Thunderbird 128.6. I am unable to create new Folders at all. The interface no longer seems to allow for a basic local folder without an email account. Why did this disappear?

I read that it is possible to create a dummy email account (w/ settings using local directory) and copy/move messages to the dummy account so that they are removed from the server IMAP folder and remain in the dummy account folder. I have successfully created a backup of the entire IMAP account into a dummy account (via download & sync to offline and copy mbox to new local folder).

However, this dummy account still wants to "check for mail" when I am in Online mode. I don't want this dummy account to keep checking for new mail - I only want it to be a local folder and not a mail account folder.

So 2 main questions: 1 - how do I make a local folder (not a mail account) that I can archive me IMAP messages into? 2 - how do you archive messages from IMAP folders to a local folder and make sure they are removed from the server?

There was a previous thread (archived) about moving IMAP folder contents to a Local Folder in Thunderbird, however, the instructions in that old thread are no longer valid in the current version of Thunderbird. Using Mac OS version of Thunderbird 128.6. I am unable to create new Folders at all. The interface no longer seems to allow for a basic local folder without an email account. Why did this disappear? I read that it is possible to create a dummy email account (w/ settings using local directory) and copy/move messages to the dummy account so that they are removed from the server IMAP folder and remain in the dummy account folder. I have successfully created a backup of the entire IMAP account into a dummy account (via download & sync to offline and copy mbox to new local folder). However, this dummy account still wants to "check for mail" when I am in Online mode. I don't want this dummy account to keep checking for new mail - I only want it to be a local folder and not a mail account folder. So 2 main questions: 1 - how do I make a local folder (not a mail account) that I can archive me IMAP messages into? 2 - how do you archive messages from IMAP folders to a local folder and make sure they are removed from the server?

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david
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thunderbird allows creating archive in local folder. I suggest trying that - and then archiving message there and then checking to see if it is still there from online access. I think that doing those tasks will answer your questions.

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LoneJakyl
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Once Thunderbird was restarted - the dummy account that had a backup of all my mail became blank, none of the local folders are recognized. Essentially there is no backup.

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DavidGG
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I don't understand… You want Thunderbird to have access to the folders of an IMAP account on the server so you may archive their contents into Local Folders, but don't want to setup any mail account in Thunderbird? Does that make sense to you? How do you expect to be able to tell Thunderbird where to find the messages and remove them from the server even without setting up the mail account in Thunderbird?

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