Hallo TBUDL,
Op donderdag 18 december 2014, 12:38:36, schreef Luca:
My problem is: how do I transform an IMAP folder into a common folder, when I
don't have access to the imap server anymore?
Changing a imap folder into a common folder is not possible. By its
nature an imap folder is remote (stored on the server) whereas a
common is local. (stored on your own computer)
The solution would be to create a new common folder and copy your
remote messages to that new folder.
It seems I cannot even copy a single message from an IMAP folder to a
different one, if I'm not connected to the IMAP server.
But it looks like you've tried that already.
IMAP is stored remote, if you cannot access the server, you cannot
access the messages.
There might be a workaround: the IMAP cache.
Create a new common folder.
Don't store any messages there.
Switch to the imap folder you want to 'restore'
From the menu: Folder - Properties
Here you'll find the full path to the IMAP cache of that folder
something like some path\accountname\IMAP\SDF456.TBB
Write that down.
Shut down TB
Copy the TBB file to the directory matching with your recently created
common folder and rename it to MESSAGES.TBB.
As it was an empty foldeer there shouldn't be any MESSAGES.* in that
directory, otherwise delete them beforehand.
Start TB and switch to the common folder.
If you're lucky you've got the messages.
Might depend on what you've got stored in the imap cache.
I didn't try this myself.
In the future when you stop using an imap server, copy the messages
before the actual stopping to your local message base.
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