Re: Archiving feature

Hi all
I have been a user of T'bird for a long long time and a workable 
archiving method is really long overdue.  As a project engineer all my 
emails for a given project reside in dedicated folders.  When a project 
is completed I wish for a simple method where I can highlight a folder 
and burn the entire folder (or folders) content (eml's) to an "archive" 
CD complete with attachments so that if I wish to go back to an old 
project it is just a simple case of retrieving the CD, opening the 
target folder, reading the content, viewing/extracting the attachment in 
T'bird or even "_E_dit Message As New" to pick up an old thread.
The time it takes to save individual eml files is really for the 
"birds." or does someone know of a method that I have missed?
Roger

Annailis wrote:
> 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.
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