User talk:Natarajan

Wishlist - A Mail Archiving Facility in Mozilla Thunderbird

A Mail Archiving facility where in the mail is stored in another seperate database is a very much required feature as this will help in preserving mails for longer period.

• This Archive database should be created in the location as specified by the user.
• This database (preferably) be a single file (file system file) so that it can be easily moved to a different location / machine etc.

Possible implementation

As a extension, if this cannot be a part of the main thunderbird.

How will users use this

• User will have to first create a "Archive Mail Database" from thte file menu options.
  • When Creating she will have to give a provide the file system location for creating the archive (system may prompt with a default location)
  • The user has to provide with a physical file system name
  • and a logical name (which will be referenced within the thunderbird application)
• the User will select a mail to be archived i.e right click (or from the menu options) and choose the option called archive. This action will remove the mail from the current folder/inbox and move it to the archive database.
• Users can open the archive database either thru the menu options or through the tree view on the left hand side, which shows the archive database.

Likely usage

• Archiving mails on a year on year basis for auditing purposes.
• To back up the mails
• For any other purpose the user wants it for.

Advantages

• Seperate Mail Database with same security features, so reducing the load on the inbox (especially if you get tonnes of emails and you have to store them all)
• Can act as a Backup