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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1582459" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Good Day To All!</p><p></p><p>I've search for the answers to a couple of archive questions, but managed to get myself confused. If you all don't mind, I would like to verify a couple of items with you folks.</p><p></p><p>Background-</p><p>I had one of my SBC (Yahoo) mail accounts hijacked despite the giant and complex password. Yahoo would not let me change my password, but oddly I was able to make the account inactive. They said I had to go through AT&T and AT & T said I had to go through Yahoo. Goofy, but true! (Hello GMAIL, Nice to meet you!) </p><p></p><p>Since I had to euthanize the account, I saved the InBox and Sent folders using Mail App's (really easy & quick) <em>Archive</em> function. I would like to remove the defunct account from Mail App completely. I also would like to move the archives to a DVD disk & erase them from hard drive on my Mac</p><p></p><p>I was going to make a giant docx or txt file with copy-paste, but since I will only need to view an old message once in a great while, re-importing the mailboxes isn't too much bother.</p><p></p><p>The Questions-</p><p>If I remove the old account completely using Mail Preferences, will the archives still open OK when I import them back to On My Mac?</p><p>Will the attachments still be there?</p><p>Is moving the file off the local hard drive OK, too?</p><p></p><p>I do have an automatic Crash Plan off site back up account as well. But, I think if I restore the Mail folder, my existing Mail boxes get over-written. I'm too chicken to try.</p><p></p><p>Just wanted to verify before I nuke the account.</p><p>Thanks Very Much!</p><p>Paul</p><p></p><p>PS: I'm using OS X 10.6.8 and Mail is Version 4.6 on a id-2006 MacBook Pro</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1582459, member: 76746"] Good Day To All! I've search for the answers to a couple of archive questions, but managed to get myself confused. If you all don't mind, I would like to verify a couple of items with you folks. Background- I had one of my SBC (Yahoo) mail accounts hijacked despite the giant and complex password. Yahoo would not let me change my password, but oddly I was able to make the account inactive. They said I had to go through AT&T and AT & T said I had to go through Yahoo. Goofy, but true! (Hello GMAIL, Nice to meet you!) Since I had to euthanize the account, I saved the InBox and Sent folders using Mail App's (really easy & quick) [I]Archive[/I] function. I would like to remove the defunct account from Mail App completely. I also would like to move the archives to a DVD disk & erase them from hard drive on my Mac I was going to make a giant docx or txt file with copy-paste, but since I will only need to view an old message once in a great while, re-importing the mailboxes isn't too much bother. The Questions- If I remove the old account completely using Mail Preferences, will the archives still open OK when I import them back to On My Mac? Will the attachments still be there? Is moving the file off the local hard drive OK, too? I do have an automatic Crash Plan off site back up account as well. But, I think if I restore the Mail folder, my existing Mail boxes get over-written. I'm too chicken to try. Just wanted to verify before I nuke the account. Thanks Very Much! Paul PS: I'm using OS X 10.6.8 and Mail is Version 4.6 on a id-2006 MacBook Pro [/QUOTE]
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