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How can I safely move my mails to a local (HDD, DVD, SD etc.) storage and re-visit them later with perhaps a different machine (w Thundbird mail client)?

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I have a problem with saving mails (for archive and retrieval reasons). My current mailbox quota limit is approaching. I need to reduce the amount. I júse Mozilla Thunderbird (and webmail) as mail reader/client. I need to: 1. choose the mails that are not necessary anymore in the active mail account BUT are needed for later use 2. move those mails away from the account (Thunderbird being the preferred tool I will use in the future too) to a movable storage like USB harddrive, CD-ROM, burnable DVD, any kind of memory stick. 3. visit the old "archive" mails from time to time and keep them safe in the storage media

How do I do this in practice? I see how archive works maybe... but I do not see any advice on how to "copy/paste the material to a file (much like Outlook PST-files) Which I can use later on different PC/machine with Thunderbird installed.

Can you give me the practical steps to do it?

I have a problem with saving mails (for archive and retrieval reasons). My current mailbox quota limit is approaching. I need to reduce the amount. I júse Mozilla Thunderbird (and webmail) as mail reader/client. I need to: 1. choose the mails that are not necessary anymore in the active mail account BUT are needed for later use 2. move those mails away from the account (Thunderbird being the preferred tool I will use in the future too) to a movable storage like USB harddrive, CD-ROM, burnable DVD, any kind of memory stick. 3. visit the old "archive" mails from time to time and keep them safe in the storage media How do I do this in practice? I see how archive works maybe... but I do not see any advice on how to "copy/paste the material to a file (much like Outlook PST-files) Which I can use later on different PC/machine with Thunderbird installed. Can you give me the practical steps to do it?

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