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Overview
This article will step you through configuring Thunderbird IMAP Account on a Windows PC to view emails when Offline (No Inte

This can be useful when needing to reduce the storage usage of your email account, as this will move emails from the Mailbox
computer.

Instructions
1. Open Thunderbird
2. Right Click on your Email Address > Settings

3. Next Synchronization & Storage and confirm Message Synchronizing is Checked.

This option is important as the complete email is downloaded not just Email Headers.

Then Advanced to confirm respective folders are enabled for Offline Use > Ok

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Then click on Archive options to choose preferred format e.g. A Single Folder > OK

5. You are now ready to start Archiving Emails from the Mailbox on the Server to local folders stor

Information

Note: Archives folder will not appear under Local Folders until you archive your firs

6. Navigate to a folder under your Inbox and select emails to be Archived.

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Once selected right click in highlighted area > Archive
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8. Confirm Emails have been moved (not copied) from folder in the Mailbox Inbox Folder.

If you check via Webmail and can see Emails that you have archived Greyed out and/or a Circle/Line symbol as per below you w
process.

Note that archived emails are stored locally – this means that if your computer or hard drive fa
the process.

Ensure you keep a recent backup of your Archive data file – this data file location can be found by the following.
Right Click on Local Folders > Settings.

Then Browse
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