Have you tried setting up message synchronization under Synchronization and Storage? That will copy down the files from the server to the local machine as well as leave them available on the server.
While it does duplicate messages and increase storage requirements, it does provide a local copy for offline use and it makes it a lot easier to archive the messages if they are already locally available. Scott On 2012-10-09, at 2:59 PM, John C Nash <[email protected]> wrote: > Twice this year I've lost some archived messages when moving files from an > IMAP account to > local files on Thunderbird. The problem appears to be that the IMAP server is > slow to mark > messages, and the "move" then deletes them before moving them. > > Since I discovered the problem in Feb, I've been careful, but just now went > back to July > and found some message with just blank headers. > > 1) Has anyone else seen this? I have a lot of messages, so that could be part > of the issue. > > 2) Any ideas how to ensure the messages are safely moved? I have to delete at > some point, > and manual checking is quite tedious. > > JN > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux -- Scott Murphy, CISSP Owner & Consultant | Arrow-Eye Consulting Inc. 112 Springcreek Cres. | Kanata | ON | K2M 2K8 | Canada O: 613-270-1387 | C: 613-769-9363 email: [email protected] | web: http://www.arrow-eye.com _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
