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Questions about backup

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jm744751
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I want to backup my emails on my computer, is it better to backup the profiles folder or to select all emails and save as .eml in a folder?

Is there a way to see saved .eml files back into Thunderbird as a nice list with titles, sender, timestamps, etc. instead of just being able to open an email individually with Windows Explorer without re-importing them to my email provider using their storage space?

Is there a way in IMAP to keep every emails regardless of if I've deleted the emails in the web interface of my email provider?

I want to backup my emails on my computer, is it better to backup the profiles folder or to select all emails and save as .eml in a folder? Is there a way to see saved .eml files back into Thunderbird as a nice list with titles, sender, timestamps, etc. instead of just being able to open an email individually with Windows Explorer without re-importing them to my email provider using their storage space? Is there a way in IMAP to keep every emails regardless of if I've deleted the emails in the web interface of my email provider?

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david
david
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Do backups at profile level if you want to be able to do a full restore after a crash or when moving to different computer. Do backups at eml level if your only concern is being able to save messages . If you want to save messages that you are deleting in IMAP account, copy to a local folder first.