hello run opensuse 13.1 with tbird and enigmail
the notebook got 250 gb
and i do only 40 % of this
but the tbird that fetches mails from the server is full of mails.
how can clean the tbird - with ++ 11 k mails
what can i do here in this case?
hmm - i could do empty the Trash folder?
- and afterwards i could compact the message folders
by the way: does it matter how the account is set up in Thunderbird, as POP or IMAP? i can check this out using menu path Tools->Account Settings->Server Settings->Server Type at the top right of the dialogue.
[B] update: [/B] i have to emty the trash-folder i did not compact the messaes-folder yet it uses the imap.googlemail.com
what can i do now - are there ways to proceed with this
i need your help
well one can think of different solutions
i can do something like to empty the Trash folder? and of course try to compact the message folders? like the mozillafreaks describe here Compacting folders - MozillaZine Knowledge Base the account setup in Thunderbird,it is IMAP
i found it out using menu path Tools->Account Settings->Server Settings->Servertype at the top right of the dialogue.
well to be frank; i have to emty the trash-folder i did not compact the messaes-folder yet i use the imap.googlemail.com
i could free up space on the hard disk by only having a copy of the messages on the IMAP server In this case Thunderbird will fetch a message as needed to read it, but won't store it on the hard disk), This is described here in depth ://kb.mozillazine.org/Minimize_the_size_of_a_profile
And besides this: as a minimum i could eliminate the all mail folder which doubles the amount of space used to store your messages.
Well and there is another option; i could decide to keep offline folders enabled and have a Gmail IMAP account, uncheck "All Mail" in Tools -> Account Settings -> Account Name -> Synchronization & Storage -> Advanced.
Exit Thunderbird and delete "All Mail." and "All Mail.msf" in the accounts local directory. The "All Mail" folder in a Gmail IMAP account has a copy of all messages for that account, doubling the number of messages downloaded for offline folder
What is the best way... i think that that i have all (!!!) messages at gmail too. I need the tbird only as an encryption machine.
note; the tbird runs with enigmail so i do all the pgp-crypted-corresponding with my friend via tbird. All the other messages are not necessaryly needed to go into the tbird
question; is there an option that i only fetch the messsages of my friend into the tbird? is this doable
simply filter all the other messages out - and fetch only the messages of one guy from the imap at gmail
dear folks - i love to hear from you
greetings
update : found some other solutions
on a first glance your both solutions
https://webpg.org/ https://www.mailvelope.com/
look great i guess that they will seamlessly integrate on my opensusemachine it was sometinmes a hassle to get openpgp and tb to work - years ago i had issues with the pinentry and some "assuan-encrypted" files and transfers.
hope that this times are gone. note i use kpgp to store the the keys - guess that the above mentioned programmes will work with this also...
regards