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« on: Wednesday 16 April 25 10:34 BST (UK) »
The problem with non-microsoft software is that it tends to conscientiously use a different piece of jargon for the same thing, so the word 'backup' does not appear on Thunderbird's menus. If I remember correctly 'Archive' just files the older emails separately but still within Thunderbird. You might find 'export' does what you want, just remember to put the resulting file somewhere you can find it, and repeat the process at intervals. On my Thunderbird, archive is on the Message menu and export is on the Tools menu but your copy will be more uptodate so they may have been re-arranged!
Having said that, I let Windows (10) backup my emails etc. using 'Backup using File History' (which it offers as an alternative to 'back up files to Onedrive') You have the option to add a folder, so you just tell it to back up your thunderbird profile which can be found at C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles . There may be a choice of profiles - I seem to be backing up the one with a current date.