iMac - Back up mail?

avroncotton · avroncotton #1 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 01:30 AM

I want to re-install OSX and I want to back everything up first. I have a number of e-mails in folders that want to keep. Is there a way of saving these to disk or an external hard drive?

Thanks Tony

deus_ex_machina · deus_ex_machina #2 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 01:48 AM

User/Library/Mail is where all your emails are stored. Just copy and store those folders

avroncotton · avroncotton #3 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by deus_ex_machina

User/Library/Mail is where all your emails are stored. Just copy and store those folders

Thankyou

MJGUK · MJGUK #4 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 06:59 AM

That should work fine, but if you ever wanted a more advanced backup method.....I use MailSteward to backup all my mail and it works a treat

Jacobson17 · Jacobson17 #5 (**permalink**)

02-05-2007, 09:17 PM

I created a new Mailbox, copied some emails to that mailbox and then dragged it to the deskstop. I can't get those emails back into the Mail Application. I tried the option "import mailboxes" and selected the folder .mbox in my desktop but it says that it founds nothing. How can I get those emails back into the application so I can see and read them as they were before? Any help?

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avroncotton #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 24	05-18-2006, 01:30 AM I want to re-install OSX and I want to back everything up first. I have a number of e-mails in folders that want to keep. Is there a way of saving these to disk or an external hard drive? Thanks Tony
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MJGUK #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-18-2006, 06:59 AM That should work fine, but if you ever wanted a more advanced backup method.....I use MailSteward to backup all my mail and it works a treat
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Jacobson17 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 26, 2006 Posts: 56	02-05-2007, 09:17 PM I created a new Mailbox, copied some emails to that mailbox and then dragged it to the deskstop. I can't get those emails back into the Mail Application. I tried the option "import mailboxes" and selected the folder .mbox in my desktop but it says that it founds nothing. How can I get those emails back into the application so I can see and read them as they were before? Any help?
	QUOTE Thanks

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