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Recursively copy (filtered) emails to local folders

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I'm searching for TB102.x functions or add-ons that the discontinued Awesome AutoArchive add-on had offered in the past. However, after more than three years afaik still no add-on or combination of add-ons can achieve this.

The main missing functionality is a recursive email folder *copy* (meaning copy, no move/archive) to local folders - combined with a specific email date/age as filter criterion. While move/archive seems to be well-supported in TB, copying of emails seems to be non-trivial. At least this was the statement of an add-on implementer I've contacted so far.

Going into details: In my setup three distinct TB clients (A, B, C) access the same imap mailbox. Local TB filter rules (identical on A, B, and C) move incoming emails into a complex (sub)folder hierarchy on the imap storage. But the imap folder is running out of space, so some older emails must be relocated to local folders.

Current TB add-ons support archiving of emails to local folders - but this works on only one client! As soon as one of the clients moves the emails to its local archive, the other two can't access them any more - so they can't copy the emails to their local storage. In TB pre-68 the following rules configured with Awesome AutoArchive did the job: TB client A: *copy* emails older than 180 days to local folders (recursive copy, preserving folder structure) TB client B: *copy* emails older than 180 days to local folders (recursive copy, preserving folder structure) TB client C: *move*/archive emails older than 360 days to local folders (recursive, preserving structure)

This strategy made sure that A and B successfully copied the emails to their local folders well before C moved/archived them. And this is what I'd like to achieve somehow with TB 102.x... Obviously it would work, as well if TB client C copies emails older than 180 days to local folders and deletes emails older than 360 days on the imap storage...

Any ideas/hints how to reliably implement this functionality with currently available (and ideally long-term supported) add-ons?

thanks in advance!

I'm searching for TB102.x functions or add-ons that the discontinued Awesome AutoArchive add-on had offered in the past. However, after more than three years afaik still no add-on or combination of add-ons can achieve this. The main missing functionality is a recursive email folder *copy* (meaning copy, no move/archive) to local folders - combined with a specific email date/age as filter criterion. While move/archive seems to be well-supported in TB, copying of emails seems to be non-trivial. At least this was the statement of an add-on implementer I've contacted so far. Going into details: In my setup three distinct TB clients (A, B, C) access the same imap mailbox. Local TB filter rules (identical on A, B, and C) move incoming emails into a complex (sub)folder hierarchy on the imap storage. But the imap folder is running out of space, so some older emails must be relocated to local folders. Current TB add-ons support archiving of emails to local folders - but this works on only one client! As soon as one of the clients moves the emails to its local archive, the other two can't access them any more - so they can't copy the emails to their local storage. In TB pre-68 the following rules configured with Awesome AutoArchive did the job: TB client A: *copy* emails older than 180 days to local folders (recursive copy, preserving folder structure) TB client B: *copy* emails older than 180 days to local folders (recursive copy, preserving folder structure) TB client C: *move*/archive emails older than 360 days to local folders (recursive, preserving structure) This strategy made sure that A and B successfully copied the emails to their local folders well before C moved/archived them. And this is what I'd like to achieve somehow with TB 102.x... Obviously it would work, as well if TB client C copies emails older than 180 days to local folders and deletes emails older than 360 days on the imap storage... Any ideas/hints how to reliably implement this functionality with currently available (and ideally long-term supported) add-ons? thanks in advance!