Hi Nivard, Search does seem good, but I may to set in my ways to abandon filing. The solution may be to file early, rather than leaving it for months at a time. Many a secretary might agree! Cheers, Robyn On 4/01/2014 9:16 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Robyn > > I used to use Outlook Express and spent much time filing emails of > interest, mainly to enable me to find them with ease > > Since using Thunderbird, now for some time, I quickly found it was a > pointless process > > As the search in Thunderbird is so good, all I do is archive by year > > I can find any email in seconds, so why waste my time filing them ? > > Archiving by year keeps the inbox clearer and emails easily accessible > > Just a thought > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 04/01/2014 07:01, Robyn Waymouth wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I use Thunderbird for my emails. I want to do some filing into folders >> of the vast number of emails in my Inbox. If I search on a name or >> somesuch I can locate the emails I want, but I can't select any from >> that list to move them to another folder. I can do this at work where I >> have to use Outlook and just assumed it would be similar. >> >> Any suggestions on how to do this without having to keep going back to >> the Inbox? >> >> Cheers, and a very happy New Year to all. >> >> Robyn > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Robyn I was also set in my ways when I swapped over I have not looked back and can easily find email in my archives with ease, much quicker than through the many folders I brought forward from Outlook Express I am now starting my third year archive I have not regretted stopping filing one jot, I have many other more interesting things to do than spend time doing that Just as an exercise, move or copy all the emails in your inbox to a new folder called archive 2014 Now try and find a few different emails Go to the archive folder and use the filter function, you can filter for sender, recipient, subject or in the body of the mail Its just so quick and easy I personally don't see any advantage to spending hours filing You can also use the search box but I find that brings up to many options at first Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/01/2014 13:38, Robyn Waymouth wrote: > Hi Nivard, > > Search does seem good, but I may to set in my ways to abandon filing. > The solution may be to file early, rather than leaving it for months at > a time. Many a secretary might agree! > > Cheers, > > Robyn

Nivard, I can find anything in any folder the same way using Outlook Express Find. From; To; Subject; Message; Received before; Received after; Message has attachment; Message is flagged. So is there something else that makes it easier that I'm not seeing? Marg >From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington.one@gmail.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 5:55 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Filing in Thunderbird Hi Robyn I was also set in my ways when I swapped over I have not looked back and can easily find email in my archives with ease, much quicker than through the many folders I brought forward from Outlook Express I am now starting my third year archive I have not regretted stopping filing one jot, I have many other more interesting things to do than spend time doing that Just as an exercise, move or copy all the emails in your inbox to a new folder called archive 2014 Now try and find a few different emails Go to the archive folder and use the filter function, you can filter for sender, recipient, subject or in the body of the mail Its just so quick and easy I personally don't see any advantage to spending hours filing You can also use the search box but I find that brings up to many options at first Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/01/2014 13:38, Robyn Waymouth wrote: > Hi Nivard, > > Search does seem good, but I may to set in my ways to abandon filing. > The solution may be to file early, rather than leaving it for months at > a time. Many a secretary might agree! > > Cheers, > > Robyn :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6973 - Release Date: 01/03/14

Hi Marg I can't give the ins and outs of it now as its over two years since I went from Outlook Express to Thunderbird The reason at the time was the move from XP (forced through computer failure) to a new laptop with Win 7 OE was not available with Win 7 so I tried Thunderbird and was very pleased with it In OE I can remember having great problems finding certain emails, despite having a filing regime, if I filed it correctly all was well but should I have put it under something a little ambiguous it could be difficult to locate again I have no such problems with TB, when I want a saved mail its very easy no matter what I want to search on I had used OE for some years and can assure you the Thunderbird search is far superior to OE Neither have I had the problems I had with OE on more than one occasion of emails disappearing into thin air Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/01/2014 15:25, Margaret Cambridge wrote: > > Nivard, > I can find anything in any folder the same way using Outlook Express Find. > > From; To; Subject; Message; Received before; Received after; Message has > attachment; Message is flagged. > So is there something else that makes it easier that I'm not seeing? > > Marg >>From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada