My sdsu email is cancelling those who haven't been there for 10 years. How can I move that email info over to a new addr in Mozilla so I don't lose the history?
I have an IMAP email address from San Diego State University, a gmail account, and I see it on Thunderbird. They are cancelling all email addresses of retired employees who were not there for 20 years. I want to know if I can move that whole email including all of the folders over to a new account with a new email addr into Thunderbird?
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You can copy the messages from the SDSU IMAP server to your Local Folders account. You may need to manually replicate the folder hierarchy on the server locally if such a hierarchy exists.
I don't know what you mean by Local Folders account? If I make a new gmail account, and I have to make the folders like on my IMAP account, do I just select all of the folder, or all of the emails in the folder and copy them into the folder I created on the new gmail acct?
I wouldn't want to copy into a live IMAP account; you'd be asking it to simultaneously download AND upload all that data.
Local Folders means it downloads only, which is quite stressful in itself.
Many users seem to be successful using drag-and-drop to copy folders. I have never been sure how it understands that you mean a copy, not a move, and if folders are deeply nested, you may be setting it up to move enormous quantities of data. I would build the folder system by hand, and move messages in small batches, using right-click|move to…
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I don't know what you mean by Local Folders account?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Local_Folders
I would ... move messages in small batches, using right-click|move to…
I'd rather right-click|copy to …