I am a former thunderbird die hard and I just downloaded em to use with one of my gmail accounts. This account is associated with a short contract that I am working on. I was wondering if em will store a local copy (in my hard drive) of all the emails ; that is, when my gmail account becomes disabled, will I still have a local record of the emails in that account?
Thank you
Short answer: No.
Longer answer: You can enable offline downloading in the account properties on the “Offline” tab or on per-folder basis in folder properties (right click on folder, select Properties and then Offline). The per-folder setting is recommended for Gmail because the special “All Mail” folder would otherwise cause all messages to be downloaded twice. Alternatively you can use the Archive feature in Settings to periodically move old messages to local archive folder that’s not stored on the server.
Thanks Filip
I right clicked each folder and set up the download for offline use. Where is the local folder that the messages be stored?
It is stored directly in the folder you selected to download the messages for offline use.
But there was no option to select a folder ! There was a check box for “Download messages for offline use” . But there was nowhere to enter the location
That is it - the messages are stored directly in the folders you clicked and setup the download for offline use.