After installing Thunderbird, the free space on my C: drive dropped significantly.
Hi, after installing Thunderbird, the free space on my C: drive dropped significantly. I think Thunderbird may have created a local folder where it saves all my emails. Could you advise me on which settings I should use to keep my messages in the cloud instead of on my computer?
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Good morning, I tried the step-by-step procedure, and indeed the folder is much lighter. Thank you!
The problem, however, is that as soon as I access the folder or messages that are excluded from synchronization, Thunderbird downloads them. So my concern is that before long the folder will become as large as it was before. Do I have any other tools or solutions to completely exclude certain folders?
Thank you very much.
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For IMAP accounts, uncheck 'Keep messages...' in the Sync. & Storage section of Account Settings to download headers only. When a message is opened, it is stored in the cache, and retrieved from there next time unless the cache is emptied. With this option, the profile folder has no mbox files in the account folders, just index .msf files.
Could you please tell me the location where Thunderbird might have created the folder, and how I can safely clean it without losing any data?
Help/Troubleshooting Info, Profile Folder, Open Directory (Win: Folder), to open the profile folder. The account folders are subfolders of ImapMail, e.g. ImapMail/imap.gmail.com. There you will see files like Inbox (the mbox file, no extension) and Inbox.msf, if messages bodies were previously downloaded. Close TB and move the mbox temporarily to a separate location if you wish to only download headers. Restart TB and confirm messages are opening correctly, and that the mbox file doesn't reappear.
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Good morning, I tried the step-by-step procedure, and indeed the folder is much lighter. Thank you!
The problem, however, is that as soon as I access the folder or messages that are excluded from synchronization, Thunderbird downloads them. So my concern is that before long the folder will become as large as it was before. Do I have any other tools or solutions to completely exclude certain folders?
Thank you very much.
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