[Users] archives as multiple files

[rikona]

Saturday, January 28, 2017, 1:16:09 AM, Paul wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:50:55 -0800
> rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote: 

>> Where would I find that for Ubuntu 16.04 / Claws 3.12.2. Not in my
>> plugins list, not in 'software', Claws web site says it is already
>> installed.?

> In Ubuntu that package is called 'claws-mail-archiver-plugin'.

> http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/claws-mail-archiver-plugin

Thanks for the pointer. Installed it, but the kind of archive I want
does not seem to be one of the options.

What I want is a directory containing many single files just as they
are stored by Claws mail - not reformatted in any 'archive' format,
and not compressed. Also, only some of the files are selected to be
archived, and that selection is NOT necessarily by date or even
contiguous, which is the plugin option. It seems as though the plugin
will not do what I want.

So, back to my preferred option - is there a way to simply move a
number of the stored files to a different non-Claws directory without
fouling up the way Claws tracks each email message?

An alternate possibility is to create an 'archive' folder in Claws,
move the emails there, in Claws, then copy the emails out of that file
[with Claws not running?], then delete the files in the archive
folder. Sounds OK, but lots more work than just a simple move, which
I'd prefer. 

Other ideas giving me many single files much appreciated...

Thanks

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 rikona