[FEATURE] Ability to archive remote emails locally

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust, web-dev
Domain
backend, database

Research direction

The request describes moving emails from a remote IMAP account into a local no-sync account, then deleting them remotely, but names no files, tests, or implementation entry points. Start by reading the account and message handling paths for IMAP sync and local storage; define the expected move behavior and test coverage for both archiving locally and remote deletion.

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Description

enhancement

Hello,

Here’s a feature that would likely be very useful to many people, and I wanted to know if it’s something that might be included in future versions of Bichon.

Purpose / Use Case

The ability to archive remote emails locally.

Description

Two accounts will be added to Bichon:

  • a local “no sync” account
  • a remote IMAP account (e.g., Gmail)

I’d like to be able to move emails from the IMAP account (via drag-and-drop) to the local account. The emails archived in this way (moved locally) would then be deleted from the IMAP account.

What do you think?
Thank you, and great job for Bichon.

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