Re: How to copy IMAP mailbox

[Gerardo Ballabio <gerardo ballabio gmail com>]

Thank you Peter!
Control+drag-and-drop is fine for me. I would never figure this out myself...

Gerardo

2015-04-10 16:32 GMT+02:00, Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>:
> Hi Gerardo,
>
> On 04/07/2015 04:28:34 PM Tue, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> > I have another question please.
> >
> > I want to use Balsa to make a backup copy of my Gmail mailbox, that
> > is, copy the messages to a local mailbox, but still keep them on
> > Gmail. I can't find how to do that. It seems I can only move messages,
> > not copy them. There are in fact two Copy items in the menus (one
> > under Edit and one under Message) but there isn't any Paste and when I
> > click Copy, nothing seems to happen (how is that supposed to work?).
>
> The "Copy" items are for copying selected text to the clipboard, not for
> copying messages. Balsa's only method for copying messages, as opposed to
> moving them, is drag-and-drop with the Control key held down (which changes
> d&d from "Move" to "Copy").
>
> That can be awkward with a trackpad instead of a mouse, so what I often do
> is:
> 1. Uncheck Mailbox=>Hide Messages=>Deleted;
> 2. Move the messages with the popup menu "Move to" item;
> 3. Select their now-deleted remains;
> 4. Undelete them with Message=>Toggle Flag=>Deleted;
> 5. Then check Mailbox=>Hide Messages=>Deleted again.
>
> But perhaps we should have a "Copy to" item on the popup menu, in addition
> to the "Move to" item...
>
> HTH!
>
> Peter