Re: Archiving feature

Gorm wrote:
> On 13 Mar, 13:46, Annailis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Gorm wrote:
>>> On 8 Mar, 14:17, Annailis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Gorm wrote:
>>>>> I have left Outlook behind,because of instabilities in the Profile
>>>>> handling (Windows NT Windows Messaging Subsystem).
>>>>> In Thunderbird I miss the an archiving system. This is a very useful
>>>>> features in Outlook, With many thousands of messages, an Archiving
>>>>> feature would be very appreciated.
>>>>> Gorm
>>>> An archiving feature is coming in TBird 3.0.  Check out the
>>>> latest Beta Release to see what you think of it (don't use it
>>>> with any e-mail you might not want to lose!).
>>>> Ann W.
>>> Hi Ann.
>>> I downloaded the Beta 2 and checked out the Archiving feature.
>>> As I understand it; you are supposed to select one or several messages
>>> that you want to Archive. At archiving an Archive folder is created in
>>> the In tray of the current account and the selected content is passed
>>> on to it.
>>> My idea of an Archiving feature is a function that move the selected
>>> messages to a folder, a remote IMAP or a Local folder. Each individual
>>> account should have a choice to store the Archive Remotely or
>>> Locally.
>>> If you need to upload an archived message again you should just simply
>>> select it, wherever it is stored, and have an upload choice which
>>> moves it back where it was moved from in the first place. It the
>>> original folder is not there it could just place it in the default
>>> account In tray.
>>> Well, just me ideas.
>>> Regards
>>> Gorm
>> Your archiving needs are more complex than mine, but it would be
>> nice to have those various options.  It might be awhile with
>> Thunderbird.
>>
>> Ann W.
> 
> For the time being I store the old stuff away Locally on a hard drive-
> Some vital mail messages are stored on the server for also others to
> access and copy, should they so wish. Many mail have also got
> enclosures of various kind. With many thousand of mail that must be
> stored and archiving system is therefore important. Thunderbird is not
> at all ideal but, who knows what it might include when the programmer
> group is reading.......
> 
> Gorm

Well, you could always print out all those e-mails and file them 
away in storage boxes <grin>.  We've now become slaves to our 
electronic mail, etc.

I gather that if the people working on Thunderbird could be 
employed full time, things might go more quickly.  Even then, it 
takes time.

Ann W.