I would like to REALLY archive some older e-mail-folders. Archive seems not to be the right word, because i work with empty inboxes, so every completed or answered e-mail is still archived in a folder (with the name of the year), but i use IMAP so all archived emails are still on the server.

Now i want to EXPORT the years 2018-2019 to my selfhosted-backup-server so that i can delete the emails on the mail-server.

a) Which format make most sense? EML? mbox? Another one? Would be nice if i can search the archived stuff without too many effort. b) Should i export directly from the UI of my mailprovider (if possible) or is exporting from thunderbird-client ok.

  • mellitiger@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Hi,

    i do a simple 1:1 backup with offlineimap, which saves the mails in plain text files (similar what you get when look at the source in thunderbird).

    These files are backed up regularily with restic.

    Both backups are running automatic, and on multiple machines…