

Archive Thunderbird Emails to Popular Formats (PST/ MSG/ PDF/ EML/ HTML) to archive Inbox folder, you need to drag Inbox file instead of Inbox.msf file. Note: Drag the mail file, which are without any file extension i.e. Drag the required folders to the specified location in system.Select the required email account for which data needs to be archived.Click on Mail folder to view all the folders of mailbox.Click Thunderbird>Profiles and choose the required Thunderbird profile.Locate Mozilla Thunderbird profile directory on the system, in following way:.The emails can be moved or archived in any suitable local folder by the following steps: While using POP3 protocol with Thunderbird account, the emails get stored locally on the system. Steps to Archive Thunderbird Emails from POP3 Configured Thunderbird Account

When the above steps are completely followed, the selected emails gets moved into the chosen archive folder and user can easily access those emails from the local archive folder.

Choose the archive folder where you wish to move the emails

Right click on the selected mails and choose Move To>Local Folder.Select the required emails to be archived into local folder.Open the mailbox folder from which emails need to be archived.Once you have created a new archive folder, follow these steps to archive the required emails:.The newly generated archive folder can be located in the Thunderbird folders.Enter desired name for the new archive folder and click on Create Folder.Right click on Local Folder, and click on New Folder option.Open Thunderbird application on system.If Thunderbird account is configured with IMAP protocol, the user can archive the selected emails from Thunderbird mail folders to the local folders using the following steps: Steps to Archive Email from IMAP Configured Thunderbird Account Here, we will discuss the manual approach on how to archive emails from Thunderbird to local folders of your PC for both POP3 and IMAP protocols. Since, the Thunderbird account can be configured with both POP and IMAP accounts, archiving emails is slightly different in both protocols. Thunderbird provides an easy to archive the emails to some local folder location. It will help the users to maintain data accessibility of the moved mails and also empties the inbox or other folders from the mails, which are not needed at the moment. So, the best possible way that comes into the mind of users is to archive emails from Thunderbird account and save them to local folder which can be migrated from MBOX format to Outlook if required. However, they do not wish to delete the emails too as data can be needed at any moment. Sometimes, users attempt to clean their inbox so that the mails can be easily located in the mails. OMany users prefer using Thunderbird as an email desktop client too manage the emails along with contacts, calendars etc.
