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Size of mailboxes, size of sent mailbox for linux thunderbird

Thunderbird Email e mensagens
Wayne Mery replied há 8 meses
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Currently my Thunderbird 'Sent' mailbox is only holding emails back to the beginning of 2025. However on previous PC's my Sent mail went farther back, but not I think to the beginning of when I bought the PC. I do backup my PC with some regularity but I am wondering whether there is a limit to how far back Thunderbird saves messages. I've been using Thunderbird for about 20 years and wonder whether I can retrieve some of my great emails :)

Currently my Thunderbird 'Sent' mailbox is only holding emails back to the beginning of 2025. However on previous PC's my Sent mail went farther back, but not I think to the beginning of when I bought the PC. I do backup my PC with some regularity but I am wondering whether there is a limit to how far back Thunderbird saves messages. I've been using Thunderbird for about 20 years and wonder whether I can retrieve some of my great emails :)

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I don't think there are any folder size or age limits in Thunderbird. I have some IMAP folders with messages going back as far at 2004. I've archived off older emails to local folders. My largest IMAP folder is about 600 MB on my Windows NTFS hard disc. Mail providers may have limits, though.

It would be possible to run up against your operating system's file system limit. For example, FAT32 chokes on files larger than 4 GB. NTFS can handle files more than 8 petabytes, practically unlimited. Very large folders will probably perform slower, but they should work.