On 16/01/13 01:09, George Olson wrote: [...] I don't use gmail, but I do use IMAP, with a mailbox size limit of 1GB on my provider's server. I have set up Thunderbird to Archive locally (ie on this machine). This means that stuff I want to keep gets archived on my home machine. Most folders (eg mailing lists) have been set to delete mail older than 3 months, but some personal mail is kept indefinitely. Once a year, I archive mail in these folders that is older than 1 year, which means it gets stored locally and is deleted from the IMAP server. I do this archiving exercise in February, so as not to break any current threads. This works very well. I think your problem is a result of Google wanting to do everything for you. Of course, they are happy to keep all your mail as they are a data collection company. ;) Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.4.11-2.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.9.5 "release 3" Uptime: 06:00am up 1 day 13:12, 4 users, load average: 1.00, 0.97, 1.56 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org