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відповідь від tlmoffettii, 1 рік тому
tlmoffettii
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I want to automatically archive emails to a separate drive from my inbox. I do NOT want to have them stored on the same drive in case the primary drive fails. I also do NOT want to have to manually copy emails to the archive folder. I can find no way to accomplish this.

Having the archive stored on the same drive as my inbox is ridiculous. The whole point is to put the archive folder on a separate network drive.

I want to automatically archive emails to a separate drive from my inbox. I do NOT want to have them stored on the same drive in case the primary drive fails. I also do NOT want to have to manually copy emails to the archive folder. I can find no way to accomplish this. Having the archive stored on the same drive as my inbox is ridiculous. The whole point is to put the archive folder on a separate network drive.
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TIP: be sure to remember this, as if/when you set up thunderbird on a new PC, you will need to have that same local folders drive accessible.

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david
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In that case, set up Local Folders to be on a separate drive, and put your archives there.

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The question was how to do that. I can find no option to define "Local Folders" on any drive other than the drive that also contains the account profile. I know I can copy the profile to another drive and switch between them, but that is WAY too involved to simply archive old email. I also know that I can create a file and call it "Local Folders" on a different drive, but, again, there seems to be no way to direct Thunderbird to send archives to that folder.

What, if anything, am I missing?

david
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- click account settings and scroll down to Local Folders. Note the local directory link - exit thunderbird - COPY (not move) that Local directory folder to the other drive. Name it whatever you wish, if desired - restart thunderbird, click to account settings, and click the dropdown menu on than Local Folders pane and change to the new location. Thunderbird will probably force a shutdown and restart. - verify that all is okay and you can now change your archive to go to the new Local Folders location

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Вибране рішення

TIP: be sure to remember this, as if/when you set up thunderbird on a new PC, you will need to have that same local folders drive accessible.

tlmoffettii
tlmoffettii Автор питання

Thank You! I actually just figured it out for myself. Everything I read lead me to believe that the "Message Store" had to be in the same location as the profile. I just took a chance and changed the location of the "Message Store".