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| From | "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: Backup only some folders? |
| Date | 2026-06-24 09:22 -0700 |
| Organization | I am @ David at rossde dot com. |
| Message-ID | <111h08k$358b8$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <111ean0$2cf1d$1@dont-email.me> |
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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