I have a couple of thoughts here.
First, if you're using IMAP then your messages are saved on the server,
so you don't need to do anything. You could wipe your disk, install
Thunderbird, log in with your account information and you'll see all of
your messages.
Also, as Ana said, you shouldn't lose any emails by updating your
system, even if you're using POP3.
Finally, you can just copy your Thunderbird folder somewhere and then
copy it back after your update or even a clean install. Just make sure
you put the file back where it started. I'm not sure where this folder
is on Windows, but on Linux it's ~/.thunderbird. I do this whenever I do
a clean install of a system. After I get the new system installed, I
copy over .thunderbird and then install Thunderbird if I need to. I'm
almost positive this will work in Windows too.
On 11/10/2017 02:43 PM, Ana G wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> This thread has a few topics.
>
>
> First, I'm a Thunderbird user. When I updated to Windows Fall Creators
> Update, I didn't lose any of my emails. On the desktop, I didn't do
> anything before the update; then after the update, I opened
> Thunderbird, and all my accounts and email messages were just fine. On
> my laptop, where memory was low, I uninstalled Thunderbird and deleted
> the Thunderbird folder in my Roaming folder before the Windows update;
> then after the update, I reinstalled Thunderbird and set up my
> accounts: all my messages came back.
>
>
> Second, I don't use Outlook, but as someone else pointed out, my
> understanding is that older versions of Outlook should work with newer
> versions of Windows. If you're referring to Outlook Express, I haven't
> used that in a very long time, so can't vouch. I have used Windows
> Mail, though not recently, and it is accessible. When I was using it
> regularly, there were a few things that involved extra steps. When I
> used it again about a year later, most of those things had been
> corrected. My guess is that it's probably fine now.
>
>
> Third, Outlook hasn't been part of recent versions of Office 365, but
> I read a recent announcement saying that it would be included. Until a
> couple of months ago, I had an Office 365 subscription for two years.
> Outlook wasn't installed with it. When I checked into why that was, I
> don't remember if I had to pay extra or buy a separate product. I just
> did a quick search for the announcement about Outlook to be included
> in Office, but I'm not finding it so I'm not sure when that starts.
>
>
> Fourth, when you get an Office 365 subscription, you download and
> install office in the usual way, and you can use it offline. I know I
> had problems the first few times I tried using it offline, but I don't
> remember if it was a Microsoft issue that was corrected or a setting I
> had to change. All works well until your subscription expires. At that
> point, you need to renew to access Office.
>
>
> Fifth, on a related topic, I have Office, the non365 suite. I actually
> have a couple of copies: One for the desktop, another for the laptop,
> and maybe one for the tablet. Whenever I uninstall Office, Microsoft
> seems to know and makes it available to me again. For example, my
> dinky laptop has little memory, so I always have had to uninstall a
> lot of stuff before upgrading to the next version of Windows. Each
> time, I'm able to reinstall Office without having to pay for it again.
>
>
> Ciao
>
>
>
>
> On 11/10/2017 10:11 AM, Harry Brown wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Using Windows 10, and jaws 18.
>>
>> I use Thunderbird for my email, and I want to copy all the emails in
>> my inbox to the clipboard, then, paste them into another folder on my
>> computer, so I can keep them, and not lose them, when I upgrade to
>> windows 10 fall creators update version 1709.
>>
>> I tried going to the top of the list of messages in the list view,
>> and do a control A then a control c, but nothing has been copied to
>> the clipboard.
>>
>> I have to get this done before tonight, because that's when I'm going
>> to get the upgrade done for me.
>>
>> Harry
>>
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