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  Backup only some folders? Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> - 2026-06-23 11:02 -0500
    Re: Backup only some folders? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-24 00:05 +0800
    Re: Backup only some folders? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-06-23 18:36 +0200
    Re: Backup only some folders? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-06-23 18:37 +0200
    Re: Backup only some folders? "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-06-23 13:24 -0400
    Re: Backup only some folders? David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> - 2026-06-24 08:18 +0000
    Re: Backup only some folders? "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-06-24 09:22 -0700
    Re: Backup only some folders? Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> - 2026-06-28 12:33 -0500

#21043 — Backup only some folders?

I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and then delete them from 
Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online but can't find a way.

-- 
Thank you,
Jo-Anne

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#21044

On 6/24/2026 12:02 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, 


Of course you can.

> and then delete them from Thunderbird. Is that possible? 

You can.

> I've looked online but can't find a way.


You sure that your country does not censor or filter certain online 
results (notably those related to disposal of evidences)?

Or you have been seal, living in an altered reality. :)

-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
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#21045

On 23/06/2026 18:02, Jo-Anne wrote:
> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and 
> then delete them from Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online 
> but can't find a way.
> 

- Select all the messages you want to save.
- Right-click the first one and choose Save as...
- Pick a folder where you want to store them.

This will save all selected messages as subject-sender-date&time.eml

You can read these *.eml files later with Thunderbird or another reader.

PS do the folks at nowhere.com know you?
If not pick another domain like nowhere.invalid

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#21046

Jo-Anne wrote:
> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and then delete them from 
> Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online but can't find a way.

If you want to reintegrate them in Thunderbird someday later *i would*
just zip\compact, copy or move the appropriate folder in the TB-Profile.

For more versatile usage of the single mails i would export them as
single ***.eml files.

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#21051

On 6/23/26 12:02 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and then delete them from
> Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online but can't find a way.
> 
I usually make a folder in "local folders", and then just drag and drop what I want there.
Then when done, I shutdown Thunderbird, open the "local folders" in my profile and move 
any folders I don't want to see.

I have about 7 likes this sitting on an archive drive.  I've pulled them back and bingo 
they just appear.

... wherever...<profile name>/Mail/Local Folders/IjustMadeThis

-- 
Mint 22.3,  Thunderbird 140.12.0esr,  Firefox 152.0.1
     Alan K.

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#21077

Jo-Anne <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> wrote in news:111ean0$2cf1d$1@dont-email.me:

> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and 
then delete them from 
> Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online but can't find a way.

I only use TBird as the mast recent Email Transit Method.  The actual 
messages on my email server are copied and then deletesd on the server.  The 
resulting emails are still in TBird or whatever in local folders.  Standard 
text messages, my preferance, are easy to view and search with any text 
tools.

If you prefer HTML or other formats the same concept is possible.  You are 
still responsible for their use after you download them.

With a single email folder in your email server this is relatively easy to 
test and perfect on your own.  Right click on a message in TBird or your 
favorite email system, and in Tbird select the Save As option and complete 
it.  The emsil should now be on your computer.  It will be where you saved it 
or in a TBird Folder.  Once you have verified the idea you can mass Save As 
or write a script in TBird to do the save.  The copy is on your system, 
inless if course you use a online folder and then it would be in the cloud.

Have fun!

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#21101

On 6/23/2026 9:02 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and then delete them from 
> Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online but can't find a way.
> 

I backup old newsgroup messages that I have sent.  I have a folder named
"old news msgs" where I keep them.  That folder is not in my Thunderbird
profile or in Thunderbird's path.  In that folder is a Windows shortcut
to the file where Thunderbird places my sent messages.  On the first of
each month, I use that shortcut to copy the send messages to a new file
in "old news msgs", which I then rename that new file "news messages
xxx.txt" where "xxx" is the month and two-digit year.  I then use
Thunderbird to delete the messages from its own file.  In "old news
msgs" I also have a zipped file.  When I have more than three "news
messages xxx.txt", I add the oldest to that zipped file, deleting from
the zipped file the oldest there.  Thus, I retain a year's worth of my
newsgroup messages.

The same could be done with E-mail messages, separately collecting
messages from your Inbox and Sent.  The zipped file could contain far
more than only a year's worth; mine is only 100 KB.

-- 

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com>

NO, not everyone has a smart phone.  My wife and I have
"dumb cell phones" and a land-line.  Neither of us can
handle QR codes, reply to text messages, or have any
kind of phone-based Internet connections.  We can send
and receive photos only through our desktop PCs.

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#21156

On 6/23/2026 11:02 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
> I'd like to save my very old messages, which are in a single folder, and then delete them from 
> Thunderbird. Is that possible? I've looked online but can't find a way.
> 

Thank you, everyone. Now that you've given me some options, I'll work out what best to do.

-- 
Jo-Anne

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