I use gmail. My storage is 75% full. I have installed thunderbird, and have set it up as IMAP. Currently my 11gb of mail is being synced to my local PC.
I want to retain access to my historical email, especially the attachments. I also want to clean out my gmail, retaining only about 1 year for immediate access. I am undecided if I want to just keep using the gmail interface or use Thunderbird.
I do NOT need immediate access to the historical stuff. Past experience tells me maybe 4 times a year I need to refer to an attachment or a message.
I understand that my mail is, and will be synced. Meaning that all deletions within gmail will also be removed from local storage.
Once everything is synced I plan to (1) Exit Thunderbird (2) rename my local mail folder, (3) go to Gmail and make the deletions (4) Open Thunderbird.
I have 3 questions.
Will this work - How do I get access to that renamed folder - Is there a better way???
Thanks - shirley