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My sent email folder is full and I cna't compact them. I owul dlike to move them to another folder, start fresh, but be able to see that older folder

davidgrandy
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My Thunderbird Sent folder is almost full (4 Gig) and I can't compact it any further. My Inbox folder is getting there as well so my question applies to both folders.

I've backed up my Thunderbird data files onto another hard drive, so they should be safe.

What I'd like to do is to move my current Sent folder emails to another folder that I can still access easily with Thunderbird. Then I'd create a have a new Sent folder (and eventually a new Inbox) that I can start filling up again with new stuff.

The other thing would be to just increase the four gig limit for both the Sent and Inbox folders.

Is there an easy way to do this?

My Thunderbird Sent folder is almost full (4 Gig) and I can't compact it any further. My Inbox folder is getting there as well so my question applies to both folders. I've backed up my Thunderbird data files onto another hard drive, so they should be safe. What I'd like to do is to move my current Sent folder emails to another folder that I can still access easily with Thunderbird. Then I'd create a have a new Sent folder (and eventually a new Inbox) that I can start filling up again with new stuff. The other thing would be to just increase the four gig limit for both the Sent and Inbox folders. Is there an easy way to do this?

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user01229325
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Compacting is deleting messages marked for deletion. It has nothing to do with trying to squeeze out just a little more space in an already full folder.

Here are some good articles that you could probably benefit from reading.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/archived-messages

You could also create folders under Local Folders and move the older message there.