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How to use Thunderbird email client for creating local copies (backups) of the email messages held on the server.
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Note: You can skip this step if you already have your email accounts configured in your Thunderbird.
Right click “Local Folders” and select “New Folder…”
Input desired folder name and click “Create Folder”
The most simple method is to just drak a remote folder over the local folder. This will copy all of the messages from the remote server to local folder on your computer.