Re: backing up cornell email

[Mitch Wiedemann <]

I use Thunderbird + IMAP as well, and for archiving I use the "Local
Folders" in Thunderbird.

I have a number of different mail accounts defined, and for each I have
a corresponding folder in the "Local Folders" that I copy old mail to. 
When I do my regular ~/ backup, that mail gets included.



Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     I am reaching the quota on the cornell email and I was asked to
> trim down my account. I am looking for suggestions on how to backup
> the emails. Currently I use thunderbird + IMAP to access cornell email
> on a Debian Etch machine. Here is what I am thinking.
>
> 1) Sort the email according to the year it was received. All the
> emails from say 2004 is to be downloaded first and then copied on to a
> CD. Then download all the emails from 2005 and save it on to another
> CD etc.,
>
> Has anyone done this? I do not know how to go about doing this. My
> email account contains tons of folders and subfolders etc., and I do
> not want to simply delete my old email as it might be useful at a
> later point of time.
>
> Since I am a privacy freak, I do not wish to forward these emails on
> to web based email systems such as gmail or yahoo mail which offer
> more storage.
>
>
> If you have any suggestions regarding this or if you have a better
> idea of backing up the emails, I am all ears.
>
> thanks
> raju
>
>   


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