Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 04/12/2020 15.22, Per Jessen wrote:
You said "namely how to download email to local machine at some point in time", which is what this copy operation does.
Well, you interpreted that differently from me - the idea of dragging the whole inbox structure (with subfolders) never occurred to me.
I have mentioned not a month ago that what I do is move is old mail from the Inbox to local computer. The selected messages, which is part of the inbox, not all.
I haven't got all of your postings memorised :-)
I have just moved 7 files from one subfolder to another under the same IMAP account, worked just fine. Even Ctrl-Z to undo worked fine.
What is a "file" in this context?
Sorry, I meant "mail" of course.
If you mean "mails", then yes, mails from a subfolder of inbox can be moved. Not from the inbox itself. I never had subfolders of Inbox, so I never tried.
a) move one mail from INBOX to subfolder of INBOX - works. Also Ctrl-Z. I would think this to be one of the most essential operations, specifically for messages that are not filtered into folders automatically. b) move one mail from INBOX to subfolder under Local Folders works. Also Ctrl-Z.
See <https://paste.opensuse.org/79698522>
That's where my Thunderbird buts the subfolder of the Inbox. Not right below the Inbox at the top. I can not use that setup.
I'm not sure I understand - are you unable to create a subfolder under Inbox? (I see several already). Is that a new TB, new icons ?
It is select messages in one folder, right click, move to, select destination folder. One by one.
See above. If necessary I'll be happy to make a video? I made a couple of screenshots, see attached.
Well, see above, what I move are the old messages from the folder. Typically those older than two months. Not the entire folder. And I do it using Alpine because it runs faster, and makes marking messages with criteria easier.
Maybe Alpine is buggy or functionally incomplete?
Why?
Because you use Alpine and you are telling us about how it does not do things that Thunderbird does, has done for years. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.8°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland.