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HELP - Archiving Email - Moving Email from IMAP Gmail Server to Local Folder

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michaelweberii
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Hello,

I am trying to archive my gmail email because I have used up the free storage.

I setup my gmail account as IMAP in thunderbird I setup a local folder I navigated to the IMAP folder "All Mail" I selected all, right clicked, and moved to the local folder

It copied all the emails to the local folder, instead of moving/deleting them.

What am I doing wrong?

Hello, I am trying to archive my gmail email because I have used up the free storage. I setup my gmail account as IMAP in thunderbird I setup a local folder I navigated to the IMAP folder "All Mail" I selected all, right clicked, and moved to the local folder It copied all the emails to the local folder, instead of moving/deleting them. What am I doing wrong?

Isisombulu esikhethiweyo

The local folder doesn't exist on the server, so Gmail doesn't know what to do with the move command. Why don't you manually delete them?

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Stans
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Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

The local folder doesn't exist on the server, so Gmail doesn't know what to do with the move command. Why don't you manually delete them?

michaelweberii
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Thanks Stans for the answer!