Where Are The Emails/What is Deleted?

[abrogard]

I want to store all my emails on my own hard drive.

But I also want them to remain on Yahoo and Gmail as long as those venues contine to give them space.

I am running Zimbra Desktop on a WinXP SP3 machine on my home Lan.

I believe Zimbra stores the emails right here on my machine - but I can't find them in the Zimbra directory structure. Is it a hidden file perhaps? (Though hidden/system files are supposed to be on view on my machine).

Where are they?

I've seen a method of storing locally called making local folders. It sounded like a method to be used when Zimbra Desktop was being run on a Lan Server and client individuals wanted their stuff on their own client machines on the Lan. Well that doesn't apply here, I think.

But it did say something about when local folders are made and the emails are put there then they'll be deleted from the server.

I'm not sure what this means and how/if it applies to my setup.

Does it all mean I can pick this method on my installation and have a local folder on my machine keep all these emails in plain view (rather than perhaps encrypted in some hidden zimbra directory)?

And does it then mean, if the above is true, that those emails will be deleted from Yahoo? Or does it simply mean that Zimbra will be instructed not to list them again - but they'll still exist on Yahoo? Still seeable by a normal login to Yahoo?

regards,

ab

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by abrogard

I want to store all my emails on my own hard drive.

Then why don't you use the backup feature of ZD, or is that not what you mean?

Originally Posted by abrogard

I I believe Zimbra stores the emails right here on my machine - but I can't find them in the Zimbra directory structure. Is it a hidden file perhaps? (Though hidden/system files are supposed to be on view on my machine).

Where are they?

They are stored locally under the ZD directory structure (and none of them are 'hidden').

[QUOTE=abrogard;232144]II've seen a method of storing locally called making local folders. It sounded like a method to be used when Zimbra Desktop was being run on a Lan Server and client individuals wanted their stuff on their own client machines on the Lan. Well that doesn't apply here, I think.[/QUOTE}Why do you think that? Storing email in local folders means exactly that, they're local to the client i.e. on your machine.

Originally Posted by abrogard

I Does it all mean I can pick this method on my installation and have a local folder on my machine keep all these emails in plain view (rather than perhaps encrypted in some hidden zimbra directory)?

I'll say it again, none of the mail is in hidden directory nor are they encrypted.

I'd suggest you read the FAQ and installation instructions (in the wiki) for your version of ZD to see where the mail is stored.