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How do I compact my messages as I have ran out of space

Thunderbird Email and messaging
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steve735
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How do I compact my messages as I have ran out of space

How do I compact my messages as I have ran out of space

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david
david
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If this is an IMAP account, you could do this:

  1. click help>troubleshootinginformation
  2. scroll to 'profile folder' and click 'open folder'
  3. exit thunderbird
  4. click imapmail\<IMAP account folder>
  5. locate the large message folder, probably inbox
  6. DELETE the inbox and inbox.msf entries
  7. restart thunderbird
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