{"id":776,"date":"2012-10-09T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/10\/09\/creating-a-local-folder-in-thunderbird\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:34:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:34:11","slug":"creating-a-local-folder-in-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/creating-a-local-folder-in-thunderbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a local folder in Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can create a local folder in Thunderbird to archive messages from the server. This allows you to reduce disk space used by an e-mail account on the server and helps to prevent <a href=\"\/support\/email\/imap-resource-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resource usage issues when using IMAP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-local-create.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-local-create.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"Thunderbird-local-create\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Right-click<\/strong> on <strong>Local Folders<\/strong> and select <strong>New Folder\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-new-folder.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss alignright size-full wp-image-6345\" style=\"width: 200px; float: right; margin: -3px 0px 0px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-new-folder.png\" alt=\"Thunderbird-new-folder\" width=\"249\" height=\"206\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Give your new folder a name<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-move-to-local.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss alignright size-full wp-image-6346\" style=\"width: 300px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-move-to-local.png\" alt=\"Thunderbird-move-to-local\" width=\"590\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-move-to-local.png 590w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/email_imap-folders_Thunderbird-move-to-local-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>OPTIONAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select your messages to archive<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right-click<\/strong> and choose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Move To &gt; Local Folders &gt; Your folder\u2019s name<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can create a local folder in Thunderbird to archive messages from the server. This allows you to reduce disk space used by an e-mail account on the server and helps to prevent resource usage issues when using IMAP. 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