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Thunderbird Local Email Archive Folder

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How do I configure the new "Local Folders" archive set just created - so they'll be displayed and searchable in the Email folder view?

Thunderbird v128.9.0esr (64-bit) on Linux Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

I have archived emails on my IMAP server for some time.

Now to avoid a full quota on the server I have reconfigured the Archive to "Local Folders" and changed the configuration to yyyy/yyyy-mm.

After archiving "fresh" emails and re-archiving from the IMAP server archive folder

I can see the respective sequences of folders under the menu

  • Account Settings
  • email@account.com
  • Copies & Folders
  • Archives on Local Folder 
and within the file selector menu
  • Archives on Local Folders
  • Local Folders
  • Archives
  • 2023
  • 2023-01
  • 2023-02
  • etc

The result in the email account folder shows the old "Archive" folder - but now emptied - alongside new (unarchived) emails.

On interrogating the Archive folder properties the location reported is the (previous) IMAP address.

So how do I:

  1. identify the location of the newly created "Local Folders" archive set, and
  2. make the Archive folder set display and be searchable in the Email folder view?
How do I configure the new "Local Folders" archive set just created - so they'll be displayed and searchable in the Email folder view? Thunderbird v128.9.0esr (64-bit) on Linux Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS I have archived emails on my IMAP server for some time. Now to avoid a full quota on the server I have reconfigured the Archive to "Local Folders" and changed the configuration to yyyy/yyyy-mm. After archiving "fresh" emails and re-archiving from the IMAP server archive folder I can see the respective sequences of folders under the menu * Account Settings * email@account.com * Copies & Folders * Archives on Local Folder and within the file selector menu * Archives on Local Folders * Local Folders * Archives * 2023 * 2023-01 * 2023-02 * etc The result in the email account folder shows the old "Archive" folder - but now emptied - alongside new (unarchived) emails. On interrogating the Archive folder properties the location reported is the (previous) IMAP address. So how do I: # identify the location of the newly created "Local Folders" archive set, and # make the Archive folder set display and be searchable in the Email folder view?

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