Thunderbird Setup

I figured out how to get Thunderbird to save sent mail - in the Account settings menu.. The issue of the folders remains, though...
Thanks for putting up my question... Cheers- Peter

I have found your answer on how to change your location for your Thunderbird profile folders.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Changing_Profile_Folder_Location

For changing directory where Thunderbird stores mail folders go to Tools -> Account Settings and under your email account go to Server Settings. At bottom of the right pane, set Local Directory to whatever you like.

If specifying a network directory there does not work then you can map the network directory as a local drive and specify the local drive instead.

Hope this helps.

You should be able to find out all you need to know about moving your Thunderbird mail folders, here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_mail_storage_location_%28Thunderbird%29

Peter,
If you look in the Account settings menu, there is a setting for "Local Folders". You should be able to set this to any directory you want (including your network drive). I don't know of any way to move your account folders, but setting up a filter to automatically divert incoming mail to the local folder should work.

Cheers, Tom

You can tell Thunderbird where to put the "sent" messages, under "Tools" - "Account Settings" and "Copies and Folders." You should also be able to see where it's putting them now by looking here...

Thunderbird definitely has some bugs. One particularly annoying one is that when you set the folders the way you want them in Account Settings, they don't "take." I like to keep Sent messages for a while (just in case), but have't had a single one saved now for months since I changed to Tbird. And I have searched the Mozilla KB and the web looking for the solution and have not found it. I did, however, find several others who are having the same problem.
If anyone knows the solution, I'd love to hear it.

Had problem of not saving emails that were sent, I cleaned out the folder (moved emails to another folder) + changed settings to copy to Local \ Sent (The second option, not the first which should do the same thing).

Hi, I have two quick questions...1. How can I set Thunderbird to show I have already replied to an email and 2. The bottom of my Thunderbird email is cut off. Can anyone help me?

Thanks, Diana