how can I save my e-mails?
My accumulated e-mail list is so long that I think it having an effect on the Thunderbird performance, and there are many of the e-mails that I wish to save. Can you advise me how I can save e-mails that I will be able to refer to at a later date?
Thanks,
Dennis A
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- Store email in local folders
- Housekeeping: remove the biggest attachments from your email, store them offline
- Use a faster hard disk: storing email locally on an SSD makes a huge difference
There may be other fine-tuning possible but I've had the best results following the above.
Thank you: I guess I don't know how to "store in local folders"
Cheers,
Dennis A
This documentation about Local Folders in Thunderbird should help.
I was referring to storing your messages directly in Local Folders by specifying them as default location (under Account Settings > Copies and Folders) or setting up rules and filters if this is desired only for some messages. This can even be specified on a per-identity basis.
Modified by Fabián Rodríguez
In your last e-mail, you mentioned "account settings". I am happy to try this, but don't see any mention of account settings anywhere. Can you help, please? regards and thanks for your continued interest in my query.
Dennis A
It's under the Tools menu.
Sorry to sound so dumb, but how do I get access to the TOOLS menu?
Tools is on the Menu Bar. If that is not showing, pressing the alt key or F10 will make it appear. This is a good article about general housekeeping for your email. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_(Thunderbird)