Nope...dragging it to a label just creates a pointer. As soon as I delete the message from the IMAP folder, it deletes from the label's folder as well. Too bad. The ability to create local folders would really make the stand-alone package still a very excellent all around e-mail client. But this deficiency really weakens the IMAP aspect. Folder creation was never part of Opera even though it has to be a piece of cake to have included it, and since the development of this software is over, it may be time to switch--unfortunately.

Yes, BUT those folder are all IMAP sync'd folders. There is no way to create a local folder and copy the e-mail to such a folder, thereby saving it off the server. I believe the only way to do this is the aforementioned export/import to another mailbox.

Hey Burnout, still working I see! Thank you both for your comments. While I still love OperaMail as a mail client, not supporting any folder structure at all is an obvious weakness when it comes to supporting IMAP. The IMAP concept is appealing to me because I travel a lot and for great lengths of time, which necessitated the copying of my mail folder from one computer to another, and then back again, whereas IMAP would allow for server-syncing. But one important factor in IMAP (which I believe is true) is that once you move an e-mail from an IMAP subfolder to a local folder, it is now copied there and will remain local.

So, if there is no folder structure at all, there is no method to move an e-mail locally. And the export/re-import solution is fine but a bit tedious when compared to just dragging the e-mail to another folder.

Oh...which brings me to one other point slightly off topic. Before I experimented with this, I checked the forum for how-to's for moving from pop3 to imap, and one simple one which was not mentioned was simply creating a forward at the server to a second account and accessing this second account via imap protocol.

Thanks for your help again,
Pradhan

Greetings again,
I want to confirm my thinking. I have been experimenting with moving to an IMAP based e-mail system/client as opposed to POP3. I have been using Opera Browser/Mail for years. Now, if my understanding is correct, via Labels, Opera Mail allows for e-mails to appear (via internal pointer) in different label folders, but you are NOT actually copying the e-mail to that folder. You are viewing the same e-mail in different locations, correct?

So, is there any way to actually MOVE an e-mail from my IMAP Inbox to a local folder so that it is permanently kept locally?

That's my goal, to be able to keep locally any e-mail from an IMAP account. Any way to do this at all?

Thanks,
Pradhan