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Where is the Archive folder located in Thunderbird?

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I am new to Mozilla Thunderbird, and am just learning how to navigate it. I had an email that I wanted to move to a saved folder in that account and I chose "archive," which was a mistake. Now my message is gone and I can't locate it. I have tried a couple of solutions from an old Mozilla forum on this problem but they do not help.

I can locate the "account settings" and click "copies and folders" and it says they are saved in an Archive Folder. There is no location given as to where this "folder" is located.

Please give me concise instructions on how to find this folder and how to retrieve my email that was accidentally placed there. I want to put this email back where it belongs in the inbox for that email account.

Please advise.

I am new to Mozilla Thunderbird, and am just learning how to navigate it. I had an email that I wanted to move to a saved folder in that account and I chose "archive," which was a mistake. Now my message is gone and I can't locate it. I have tried a couple of solutions from an old Mozilla forum on this problem but they do not help. I can locate the "account settings" and click "copies and folders" and it says they are saved in an Archive Folder. There is no location given as to where this "folder" is located. Please give me concise instructions on how to find this folder and how to retrieve my email that was accidentally placed there. I want to put this email back where it belongs in the inbox for that email account. Please advise.

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This is where the archive folder for my Local folders account is located. Each account will have something similar. designated by that same icon. The principal exception will be gmail where the archive folder defined by google is "All mail" Let the icon lead you to the folder designated as archive for an account.