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Move emails to new folder "on the fly"

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Watchmanz
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I love Thunderbird but one thing that annoys me big time is the amount of time it takes to move an email to a separate folder. First I have to create the folder, then I have to move the email to that folder. In Outlook, I can select "move" and, if the folder doesn't exist, I just click new folder - this moves the email and creates the new folder all at the same time.

I get a heck of a lot of email on multiple accounts and having to create a folder first, then move the emails to it, is time consuming.

Is there an add-on available, or a method by which I can move emails and simply create a new folder if it doesn't exist, all at the same time?

[Using Thunderbird 45.4.0 on Windows 10]

I love Thunderbird but one thing that annoys me big time is the amount of time it takes to move an email to a separate folder. First I have to create the folder, then I have to move the email to that folder. In Outlook, I can select "move" and, if the folder doesn't exist, I just click new folder - this moves the email and creates the new folder all at the same time. I get a heck of a lot of email on multiple accounts and having to create a folder first, then move the emails to it, is time consuming. Is there an add-on available, or a method by which I can move emails and simply create a new folder if it doesn't exist, all at the same time? [Using Thunderbird 45.4.0 on Windows 10]