On 13/07/2015 05:13, Larry wrote: > Ed Mullen wrote: >> Larry wrote on 7/12/2015 8:35 PM: >>> Is there a way to synchronize the most recent 30 days of mail between >>> the server and 2 or more computers and save messages over 31 days old >>> locally (keep local copies on each computer) and delete them from the >>> server? >> >> Assuming you're meaning using SeaMonkey, I'm not sure what your issue is. >> >> Mine is set so that every computer I use has the same IMAP accounts and >> all of them show all messages, archives, folders, etc. going back to the >> beginning of time. I would think the only limitation would be your >> email provider and their limits on storage. Mine is Gigabytes so I've >> yet to run into an issue. >> >> If you're having trouble please tell us how your IMAP account(s) are >> configured. >> > > Yes I am using SeaMonkey. My email provider limits each account to 2 GB > and one of my accounts is at 1.74GB, lots of PDF's attached to the emails. > > I want to preserve the mails and attachments and locally is better for me. > > Synchronization is great because the computers I use occasionally (once > a week) match my main computer. But, I would like to remove older > messages (30 days) from the server without deleting them from all my > computers also. I have found that deleting from the server deletes from > the local computers also. I am afraid to change any of my settings > because I do not want to inadvertently delete my older local messages. > Hopefully any changes will not delete any older messages. > > My current synchronization settings are: > > Keep messages for this account on this computer > Synchronize all messages locally regardless of age > Don't delete any messages > Always keep flagged messages > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe you could manually move older messages to your "Local Folders" hierarchy? Or you could create a folder in your IMAP account, and uncheck the "synchronize" bit to make it only local (but you run the risk of one day checking it by accident). Regards. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
