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Retiring Old Email Account Without Losing Access to Locally Stored Mail

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The title mostly says it all. Longer version: I switched ISPs and I've retired the old ISP's email service. I use Thunderbird and I want to know if there is a setting which allows me to access the locally stored old emails without trying to contact the old ISP's server (login would be refused but I don't want to bother them). I can, of course, disconnect from the Internet and launch Thunderbird. Is there a better way?

The title mostly says it all. Longer version: I switched ISPs and I've retired the old ISP's email service. I use Thunderbird and I want to know if there is a setting which allows me to access the locally stored old emails without trying to contact the old ISP's server (login would be refused but I don't want to bother them). I can, of course, disconnect from the Internet and launch Thunderbird. Is there a better way?

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Just create new Local Folders for them and copy messages to local folders. After verifying successful copies, just delete the account,