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How to export a message folder with its subfolders?

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How can I save a large folder with sub-folders to my external HD. I want to be able to open the saved file with Thunderbird at some future time. After saving I would remove the folder from my current Thunderbird to save space and improve processing time.

How can I save a large folder with sub-folders to my external HD. I want to be able to open the saved file with Thunderbird at some future time. After saving I would remove the folder from my current Thunderbird to save space and improve processing time.

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https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/

This add-on offers options to export folders with subfolders, with or without structure, to mbox format. Importing can be done as well.

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Addendum: Thunderbird 68.4.8 (64-bit)

                      Linux Ubuntu 18.04.3
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https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/

This add-on offers options to export folders with subfolders, with or without structure, to mbox format. Importing can be done as well.

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Maybe you want to try the Archive process and set the destination as your external drive? Here's a link...

http://mzl.la/1ApHimZ

Good Luck!

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The importexporttools add-on provides the perfect solution and a great deal more useful stuff besides!

The Thunderbird Archive process provides only a way to move messages to an Archive folder within Thunderbird. It does not offer any way that I could discover to move messages out of Thunderbird to my own disk space.

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This solution (importexporttools add-on) no longer works because the addon is not signed and cannot be loaded. Do you have another solution?