576790 - option be provided to continue archive operation to an additional folder for dealing with folder size limit in archive folders.

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

Description

[ferhat]

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Build Identifier: File size limit: 4GB

This is a request for enhancement. 

Folder size limit exists and is understood. 

When archiving this limit can be exceeded more easily than a regular folder. In this case, Thunderbird would issue an error/warning message to the user. 

I suggest an option be provided to continue archive operation to an additional folder:

archive -> 2010 -> 2010 (4GB size limit is achieved here)
                                      2010-A (more messages are now moved to here instead of aborting). 

I noticed that the user can also choose to do the archive in months. Still, providing additional archive folders would provide an un-interrupted way to continuously archive messages. 

Reproducible: Always