Thunderbird should allow to add local folders without having an account

[grafst]

To use Thunderbird as a Mail Archive.

For now you have to add a mail account then you can create local folders and then you can delete the mail account again.

[Jon]

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[u2t4c6s8n]

In my company, a public administration, Thunderbird is installed on about 5,000 workstations and we really appreciate the software. However, we encounter difficulties with many employees who need to manage PEC backups in MBOX format.

Thunderbird has almost everything needed for this mode of use, it's just missing a dedicated graphical interface that guides the user with simple steps.

I am convinced that such a change would make Thunderbird even more complete and user-friendly.