Timothy Murphy wrote:
> What is the best way to save old email (eg from past years)
> so that it does not clutter up the Mail (or kmail) directory,
> but ancient items can be brought up reasonably easily if required?
Some people prefer to sort messages according to their nature. This has 2
problems:
-You are not guaranteed that folders will not over-inflate after a few
years.
-You need to manually move all messages to appropriate folders.
For several years I have been keeping a local directory called Archives with
structure as follows:
Archives
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--Sent
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--2005
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--June
--July
--Received
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[Likewise]
Once in several months, you move all messages from Inbox and Sent to the
appropriate level in the Archives.
It has not always been like that. I have learned from my mistakes ever since
2002 and this seems to be the most convenient way of handing mail. Using
the "include sub-directories" option, you can search all outgoing/all
incoming, search by year, search by month, etc.
Roy
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Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com
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