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How do I burn my "Archives" (emails) to a disc?

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Mike765
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I have archives of upwards of 2,000 emails or more a year, for the last several years, many with photo attachments, cartoons, other items off the net, but I can't seem to figure out how to burn them onto a disc. I know I've done it in the past, but I have no idea now how I did it. Any ideas? Thanks very much! Mike

I have archives of upwards of 2,000 emails or more a year, for the last several years, many with photo attachments, cartoons, other items off the net, but I can't seem to figure out how to burn them onto a disc. I know I've done it in the past, but I have no idea now how I did it. Any ideas? Thanks very much! Mike

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gild
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This is not a Thunderbird issue. Check your 'burner' documentation for help.

TB-38.3 Win10-PC

Mike765
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I have a burner inherent in the software that came with the computer, and another I purchased: Roxio. These will work to burn a disc from any other place in my computer, but just not anything from Thunderbird. I'll try to contact Roxio, but I'm already doing things the way they outline in their instructions. That's why I thought there was something unique about Thunderbird that I needed to address.

gild
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Thunderbird doesn't incorporate a 'burn' function. You would use the OS file manager to copy your Thunderbird profile to the burner interface.

TB-38.3 Win10-PC

Mike765
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When I click on the Thunderbird file to drag it onto the interface (an icon set up for that), the moment I click on the file the circle with the line through it icon pops on. Does that mean the burner for some reason isn't going to accept or recognize the Thunderbird file?

Zenos
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I don't think trying to save the Archive folders themselves to another storage medium would help.

When you archive something, you need also a way to examine and extract from the archive in order to recover or restore the data stored inside it. Thunderbird can't use an Archive folder arbitrarily located on another drive or an optical disk.

So,, what are your expectations for the archived material?

I'd suggest you consider archiving your entire profile, since it could at some future point in time be "inserted" back into Thunderbird to recover its contents.

Or export your stored mail to some independent format such as HTML or PDF, and burn that to the optical disc.

You say you "click on the Thunderbird file to drag it…" - which "Thunderbird file" is this? Does it work if you drag to a regular folder or your desktop? I think the drag operation is symbolic and does soeme parsing and preparation of the email message, and it needs to be able to write where you drop it. Dragging a message to an area which collates material to be burned doesn't necessarily offer a suitable receptacle for the email message data.