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InquiringMind · 26 Aug 2016, 01:15 AM

Thanks guys.

I have figured it out. Once you setup IMAP on Thunderbird, you hold down CTRL and drag folders down to "Local Folders" in the directory tree. This gives you copies of the email files on your hard drive accessible to Thunderbird. Then you highlight groups of these Local Folders and Right Click and Choose Export All Messages-> In .eml Format. You then select a folder on your hard disk to put them into and what you get is the Original folder names with a subfolder labeled Messages and inside that folder are all of the .eml files. Then you can transfer them to USB or burn them to optical disc. Hope this helps the next user.

26 Aug 2016, 01:15 AM	#5
InquiringMind Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 114	Thanks guys. I have figured it out. Once you setup IMAP on Thunderbird, you hold down CTRL and drag folders down to "Local Folders" in the directory tree. This gives you copies of the email files on your hard drive accessible to Thunderbird. Then you highlight groups of these Local Folders and Right Click and Choose Export All Messages-> In .eml Format. You then select a folder on your hard disk to put them into and what you get is the Original folder names with a subfolder labeled Messages and inside that folder are all of the .eml files. Then you can transfer them to USB or burn them to optical disc. Hope this helps the next user.