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<blockquote data-quote="MBP17•David" data-source="post: 1615033" data-attributes="member: 320225">You didn't say what mail app you're using and which OS X version, but lets assume it is Mail and Mavericks ...I regularly backup&nbsp; /Users/myname/Library/Mail/Vx/Mailboxes&nbsp; to a dedicated 64GB flash drive; you might also want to backup your attachments -&nbsp; /Users/myname/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads/ If I need to access a particular email, I either search for keywords/dates, or if I know which folder/subfolder it should be in, just secondary click on it and open &quot;Show Contents&quot; in a new tab (depending on some settings in Mavericks, double-clicking might not work for some system folders, hence 'open in a new tab').Any message from such a backup can be merged, moved or copied into an active Mail folder structure on another system, which is very convenient, just double-click on email file and select desired action from the top menu.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MBP17•David, post: 1615033, member: 320225"] You didn't say what mail app you're using and which OS X version, but lets assume it is Mail and Mavericks ... I regularly backup [I][B]/Users/myname/Library/Mail/Vx/Mailboxes[/B][/I] to a dedicated 64GB flash drive; you might also want to backup your attachments - [I][B]/Users/myname/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads/ [/B][/I] If I need to access a particular email, I either search for keywords/dates, or if I know which folder/subfolder it should be in, just secondary click on it and open "Show Contents" in a new tab (depending on some settings in Mavericks, double-clicking might not work for some system folders, hence 'open in a new tab'). Any message from such a backup can be merged, moved or copied into an active Mail folder structure on another system, which is very convenient, just double-click on email file and select desired action from the top menu. [/QUOTE]

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