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How do I save email from Thunderbird in my documents

John34
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I cannot find how to save emails to my documents, I can only find saving email to folders in Thunderbird

I cannot find how to save emails to my documents, I can only find saving email to folders in Thunderbird

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In my version (38.6.0) I can do File > Save As > File, or right click on a message in the folder list and do Save As, or simply press ctrl + s: any of those commands bring up a dialogue to save the message as an .eml file in any folder I choose on my computer. You don't have that?

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amanchesterman
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In my version (38.6.0) I can do File > Save As > File, or right click on a message in the folder list and do Save As, or simply press ctrl + s: any of those commands bring up a dialogue to save the message as an .eml file in any folder I choose on my computer. You don't have that?