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I do this with Thunderbird, but copy the emails to a local folder to keep my online inbox clear. I've done it for years and just yesterday it decided to delete
by albinowax_ 8y ago
I do this with Thunderbird, but copy the emails to a local folder to keep my online inbox clear. I've done it for years and just yesterday it decided to delete my local inbox. Good times.
- exikyut 8y agoWait. Were you able to get everything back, say from a backup? And do you know why Thunderbird decided to do that?
- albinowax_ 8y agoI have no idea what caused it. This happened during my backup process so I lost about a month worth of personal emails. Definitely a nuisance but i don't think I lost anything critical. It looks like the offline backup process needs to be: - Download emails with thunderbird (using IMAP so they aren't deleted online) - Then backup the local emails - Then finally delete them from the online folder
- tempestn 8y agoOr keep continuous, incremental backups of your local disk. IMO that's a good idea regardless to avoid losing stuff. Personally I prefer to leave everything on gmail as well as the local backup though, so it's all searchable there.