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1. #THUNDERBIRD HIDE FOLDERS FULL#
2. #THUNDERBIRD HIDE FOLDERS OFFLINE#
3. #THUNDERBIRD HIDE FOLDERS DOWNLOAD#

Once all the emails have been copied over to Local Folders, just check to make sure you can read them. Repeat until all emails from all the imap folders have been copied. You can always delete stuff when you know you have good copies in Local Folders. You do not want to do that just in case something goes wrong. I say use 'Copy to' because when you use 'Move to' it moves it/ deletes it from imap account. Right click on those emails and select 'Copy to' and choose a suitable folder in 'Local Folders' mail account.Select/highlight batches of email in the imap Inbox.Create some new folders in 'Local Folders' mail account.You need to get 'Copies' of emails into 'Local Folders' mail account.

#THUNDERBIRD HIDE FOLDERS OFFLINE#

I advise you use offline mode to do all the copying because it stops folders doing auto synchronising whilst you are trying to use the imap folder a lot to get copies into Local Folders. When you are in Offline mode, the 'two blue screen icon located bottom left in Status bar will turn into a two black screen icon (assuming you are still using version 68*).

#THUNDERBIRD HIDE FOLDERS DOWNLOAD#

#THUNDERBIRD HIDE FOLDERS FULL#

Now make sure you really do have full copies of emails and go into Offline mode Make sure all the folders and subfolder checkboxes are selected.Select checkbox 'Keep messages in all folders for this account on this computer'.In Account Settings > Synchronisation & Storage for that imap account You can also take help of Inbox IMAP setting for Mozilla Thunderbird.Check: Have you set up Thunderbird to synchronise all the imap folder to download full copies? If you check “Empty trash” at the exit time, then it will be empty and compact the Trash folder when Exit Thunderbird. Go to “Tools > Account Settings > (Account Name) Server Settings” and exit on “Clear inbox”. Compact folders for IMAP accountsįor IMAP accounts, Thunderbird can automatically compact the inbox when you exit it.

For IMAP accounts: You can’t compact folders unless you are online. It has been reported that it may cause corruption or “Folder is being processed” error.įor POP3 accounts: If offline support is installed, firstly go offline (“File > Offline> Work Offline”, or simply click on the icon that as look as a light bulb in the bottom left corner ). Note: Try to avoid downloading e-mails while compacting the folder. click on the folder and select “ Compact This Folder“. If you have a problem doing this and the process is trying to compact one folder at a time. it may take a few seconds or a few minutes. Depending on how much mail you have in compacting an account and how you have compacted the folders recently. To compact all the folders in a single account:Ĭlick on the account the left side and then click on “ File >Compact Folders“. The main difference is that by default most other email clients automatically compact the folder when some amount of space is wasted. This is not a unique feature of Thunderbird. The program will also behave incorrectly, so it is a good idea to do this from time to time.ĭo not confuse with compacting folders with compress file. If you do not compact folders, your mail folders can be very large. These hidden e-mails remain in the folder until it becomes compact.

Emptying the waste also does not remove them permanently. When you delete or move e-mail from a folder, Thunderbird and other e-mail programs actually “hide” them, and these hidden E-Mail still live in the folder. This is the same thing with a different name. People who use Outlook will be familiar with a signal to be compressed. It is called Compact folders in Thunderbird. The only real solution for this is to create a new file without junk. Over time, the file ruins the space in a significant amount, swelling and unnecessary.