I'm attempting to copy 1 email account and all it's folders to "local folders" but it doesn't appear to be copying.
I've been following instructions from this article http://www.howtogeek.com/148036/how-to-migrate-your-google-account-to-a-new-one/ in order to transfer an old gmail account to a new google apps email account. Everything has gone smoothly, but I'm getting stuck at the point where I need to copy my old email account to "Local Folders". I've right clicked on the old email account and selected "Copy to" and then "Local folder" but nothing appears to happen. When I check the destination folder I've set up on my hard drive, only a trash and unsent messages .msf file appear.
Before I copy everything to my new email, I want to ensure that it is copied to a local folder for backup. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong?
Thank you!!
Download a backup of your mail from gmail. They package mail in MBOX files. using this link https://www.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/gmail,calendar
Thunderbirds native file format is MBOX, but to import them it needs an add-on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/
Once the add-on has imported the mail from gmail to Thunderbird (into local folders) you can gradually move it to the gmail imap folder if you like. Anything over about 500-1000 mails at a time will just mess up. You may get a better result by ensuring your anti virus does not scan Thunderbirds [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_where-is-my-profile-stored profile folder] as they add another dimension to the process scanning things over and over as they are moved and written.
Not perfect, but workable. Having all mail from both account in Thunderbird is also a bonus in my view because while we must keep a lot of stuff, it does not have to be in the "current working set" slowing down every search or lookup.
NOTE the MBOX mail that is imported is not really associated with any account as such. It is a purely local copy until it is placed into an imap account folder
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