Moving Folders from IMAP Account to Local Tree
Hi All,
I am wondering if there is a way besides doing a drag and drop to move the actual folders from my IMAP Accounts to the Local Folders.
I searched on Google and couldn't really find anything.
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POP mail accounts can only access the server 'Inbox' and download emails that are in the server 'Inbox' folder. They cannot access and download from any other server folder.
If you created a POP account, you would need to download all emails from Inbox and then create a folder in 'Local Folders' mail account and then move all of those Inbox emails over to the new folder. Then in webmail account, move all emails from eg: 'Sent' folder into 'Inbox'. In Thunderbird 'Get Messages' to download those 'Sent' emails into 'Inbox'. 'Create an 'OldSent' folder in 'Local Folders' mail account and move all those emails into that folder. Repeat until all emails have downloaded and moved to 'Local Folders' mail account. Then you will have a copy of everything in 'Local Folders'. You can then delete pop account etc.
If you create a IMAP mail account, it can get access to all subscribed folders. Make sure you are downloading full emails and not just headers. Synchronise folders for offline use. In offline mode, so those folders cannot sync whilst you are doing a load of copying... Create suitable folders in 'Local Folders' mail account and get copies of emails into those folders. If you can read emails in offline mode you know you have a good copy downloaded.
Once all emails are copied into 'Local Folders' then you can delete emails off server and remove the imap mail account etc.
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Why are you moving folders, and not the messages which they contain?
Wayne,
The email addresses I haven't used in over 15 years. I want to move the emails from the folders i made in webmail to a mail client before deleting the email address.
I thought of using POP but I wasnt sure how it would react when i deleted the email from the provider.
Chosen Solution
POP mail accounts can only access the server 'Inbox' and download emails that are in the server 'Inbox' folder. They cannot access and download from any other server folder.
If you created a POP account, you would need to download all emails from Inbox and then create a folder in 'Local Folders' mail account and then move all of those Inbox emails over to the new folder. Then in webmail account, move all emails from eg: 'Sent' folder into 'Inbox'. In Thunderbird 'Get Messages' to download those 'Sent' emails into 'Inbox'. 'Create an 'OldSent' folder in 'Local Folders' mail account and move all those emails into that folder. Repeat until all emails have downloaded and moved to 'Local Folders' mail account. Then you will have a copy of everything in 'Local Folders'. You can then delete pop account etc.
If you create a IMAP mail account, it can get access to all subscribed folders. Make sure you are downloading full emails and not just headers. Synchronise folders for offline use. In offline mode, so those folders cannot sync whilst you are doing a load of copying... Create suitable folders in 'Local Folders' mail account and get copies of emails into those folders. If you can read emails in offline mode you know you have a good copy downloaded.
Once all emails are copied into 'Local Folders' then you can delete emails off server and remove the imap mail account etc.