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HELP - Archiving Email - Moving Email from IMAP Gmail Server to Local Folder

michaelweberii
michaelweberii
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Hello,

I am trying to archive my gmail email because I have used up the free storage.

I setup my gmail account as IMAP in thunderbird I setup a local folder I navigated to the IMAP folder "All Mail" I selected all, right clicked, and moved to the local folder

It copied all the emails to the local folder, instead of moving/deleting them.

What am I doing wrong?

Hello, I am trying to archive my gmail email because I have used up the free storage. I setup my gmail account as IMAP in thunderbird I setup a local folder I navigated to the IMAP folder "All Mail" I selected all, right clicked, and moved to the local folder It copied all the emails to the local folder, instead of moving/deleting them. What am I doing wrong?

Mafitar da aka zaɓa

The local folder doesn't exist on the server, so Gmail doesn't know what to do with the move command. Why don't you manually delete them?

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Stans
Stans
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Zaɓi Mafita

The local folder doesn't exist on the server, so Gmail doesn't know what to do with the move command. Why don't you manually delete them?

michaelweberii
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Thanks Stans for the answer!