600418 - Suggestion - Not a problem

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Peter Cunningham]

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Build Identifier: 2.0.0.24 (20100228)

*I have a suggestion for future TB:*
For people like me who have large and multi level email systems - why
not create this option - which would help everybody anyway.
For a user eg: "Fred Knurk", educate people via installation prompts to
name eg: "Fred Knurk_2009"
Create an option that allows at the end of the year that identity to be
saved for access as desired. (switching users & email)
Create a function that allows the "Save As" of an entire directory and
folders to eg: "Fred Knurk_2010" - but minus the files within that
structure, and retaining (or option to retain or discard) the current email address list in the new ID.
That means - email can be saved in an organised structure by year date,
and the next year start afresh without the need to re-establish folders
and sub folders, then simply start using "Fred Knurk_2010" on 01 Jan.
I can't do it because I' a mere civil engineer.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

This is present in the form of the Archive functionality see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_3.0_-_New_Features_and_Changes#New_.22Archives.22_Folder.