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Consolidating mail folders.

joshcharles1
joshcharles1

Hello. I'm a happy camper. Just converted a bunch of old .pst files to .mbox, installed Thunderbird on my Mac, and have been able to access them. Awesome sauce!

I'm on a roll-- why not go for even more? Instead of having 3-4 different folders in Local Folders, is there a way I can consolidate them into one? These archives are all from same job, but span different time frames.

It might be as easy as dragging everything into one folder, but figured I should check with the experts before breaking anything. Oh, and if there *are* messages that somehow appeared in more than one archive, will "duplicates in the merged folder" be the only problem it causes?

Thanks much!

Hello. I'm a '''happy''' camper. Just converted a bunch of old .pst files to .mbox, installed Thunderbird on my Mac, and have been able to access them. Awesome sauce! I'm on a roll-- why not go for even more? Instead of having 3-4 different folders in Local Folders, is there a way I can consolidate them into one? These archives are all from same job, but span different time frames. It might be as easy as dragging everything into one folder, but figured I should check with the experts before breaking anything. Oh, and if there *are* messages that somehow appeared in more than one archive, will "duplicates in the merged folder" be the only problem it causes? '''Thanks much!'''

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in local folders it is just a metter of dragging individual mails onto the other folder. Just use select all so you only have to do it once.

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in local folders it is just a metter of dragging individual mails onto the other folder. Just use select all so you only have to do it once.

joshcharles1
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Thank you Matt! I went ahead and tried that approach myself-- using backed up data, to be safe-- and found it worked quite well. Appreciate your time replying.

Joe