How to save mail to hard drive

giorgiopalmieri · 11 Jun 2018, 04:21 PM

I need to free up some space on my FM acct. How do I save to my macbook pro hard drive?

janusz · 12 Jun 2018, 04:10 AM

https://www.fastmail.com/help/accoun...l#transfermail

BritTim · 12 Jun 2018, 02:46 PM

There are many solutions. Do you want to archive the emails just in case (but unlikely) you might need them in the future; or do you want them readily available to look at when you want?

For most people, I think it best to use an external mail client to save the emails. Just set up something like Thunderbird, create local folders, and move messages you want to archive from the FastMail folders to the local folders. That makes it possible to look back at the old messages just by opening the external mail client in the future.

If you really do not expect to look back at the old messages, downloading them into zip files and deleting them from FastMail is a quick and easy solution. However, if you do that and need to view the messages in the future, it will take some work (again various ways of achieving it).

Cox · 13 Jun 2018, 12:45 AM

https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/

FredOnline · 13 Jun 2018, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cox

https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/

From the MailStore website:

Is there a Mac or Linux version of MailStore?

Unfortunately, we don’t currently develop MailStore products for Mac or Linux or plan to provide native support for operating systems other than Microsoft Windows. The main reason for this is the programming language we use; since MailStore is programmed in .NET, it requires .NET Framework. It has not proven feasible to operate MailStore as a mono project for other operating systems. You could implement a virtual Windows instance in which you operate the MailStore Server.

Cox · 13 Jun 2018, 01:40 AM

Sorry, I missed the Mac part. It's otherwise a very useful tool.

11 Jun 2018, 04:21 PM	#1
giorgiopalmieri Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2	How to save mail to hard drive I need to free up some space on my FM acct. How do I save to my macbook pro hard drive?

12 Jun 2018, 04:10 AM	#2
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,942	https://www.fastmail.com/help/accoun...l#transfermail

12 Jun 2018, 02:46 PM	#3
BritTim The "e" in e-mail Join Date: May 2003 Location: mostly in Thailand Posts: 3,090	There are many solutions. Do you want to archive the emails just in case (but unlikely) you might need them in the future; or do you want them readily available to look at when you want? For most people, I think it best to use an external mail client to save the emails. Just set up something like Thunderbird, create local folders, and move messages you want to archive from the FastMail folders to the local folders. That makes it possible to look back at the old messages just by opening the external mail client in the future. If you really do not expect to look back at the old messages, downloading them into zip files and deleting them from FastMail is a quick and easy solution. However, if you do that and need to view the messages in the future, it will take some work (again various ways of achieving it).

13 Jun 2018, 12:45 AM	#4
Cox Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 34	https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/

13 Jun 2018, 01:40 AM	#6
Cox Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 34	Sorry, I missed the Mac part. It's otherwise a very useful tool.