Hi Trolleyman
Where do you wish to save the mail messages?
- To another existing email account
Add email account and drag and drop selected mail from one folder to another
Tip - you can use TalkTalk Mail webmail or an email client like Thunderbird to drag and drop mail from one folder to another including from one email account to another - To your computer / backup drive
Prepare the backup folders to save mail messages
But first you may need advice on using the search option to select date ranges for folders.
- Select the folder in the Folder view (here Inbox is selected)
- In the Search box enter a valid date range
e.g 1/4/2022-8/5/2022
The drop down selector must indicate 'as date range' - Select that from the drop down box - The list view will then show the tagged folder covering the date range
- Use the tick box Select all
The default is the first block of up to 50 mail messages
To select more messages use the scroll bars to the right of the List view
Tip - don't select too many at once as the process will slow down
So that's selecting blocks of mail messages in date ranges. Now, to save mail messages to your prepared backup folder.
- Select a folder (here Inbox is selected)
- Select a single email or multiple emails using the checkboxes
- Select the More actions menu triple line toolbar icon
- Select the Save as file menu item
Select Save File from the File Manager window that opens
If you selected a single mail message you'll save that as an eml file
If you selected multiple mail messages you'll save that as a zip file containing multiple eml files - Select the folder on your device to save the mail message file(s)
NB Select all will by default select just the first 50 mail messages in the folder. Use the List view scroll bars to enable the selection of more messages.
When it comes to deleting mail messages I'm going to give you a way using TalkTalk Mail webmail to retain your recent Inbox mail and delete the rest.
- Use My Folders to create a new folder titled Current
- Select the Inbox folder
- Use the Search box to select the date range for the current mail messages you wish to retain
- Select all (use scroll bars if there are more than 50 mail messages - best not to move very large blocks in one go)
- Drag and Drop to the Current folder
- Check that you've got all the mail messages you need to retain in the Current folder
Tip - you can also use the More actions triple line menu to Move or Copy mail if you're not happy with drag and drop
- Select the Inbox folder and select the triple line icon to bring up the actions menu
Select Delete all messages
Confirm Empty Folder - Select the Trash folder and select the triple line icon
Select Empty Trash - Select the Current folder
Select Move all messages
Select Inbox - You've now saved wanted mail, deleted all unwanted mail and retained current mail in the Inbox
Let me know if you need any specific follow up requirements.
