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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 405460" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>Hi Doc,</p><p></p><p>Navigate to:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: Sienna">YourUserAccount -> Library -> Mail</span></em> </p><p></p><p>You will find all your email messages stored there. The problem is that each email has a generic name eg: 5534.emix.</p><p></p><p>You can either back up the whole Mail folder or just the emails themselves. If you have more than one mailbox, then you could select the mailbox folders and <em><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Right/Control-Click</span></em> them, then select the <em><span style="color: Navy">"Create Archive Of"</span></em> option.</p><p></p><p>A .zip file will appear in the window when the process is complete and you can store it as you like.</p><p></p><p>If you wish to backup the entire Mail folder then the same procedure applies but you also need to copy the <span style="color: DarkRed"><em>com.apple.mail.plist </em></span>which can be found at:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: DarkGreen">YourUserAccount -> Library -> Preferences.</span></em></p><p></p><p>This way you also have a backup of any prefs you might have set up in Mail Preferences.</p><p></p><p>Finally navigate to:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">YourUserAccount -> Library -> Application Support</span></em> </p><p></p><p>... and back up your AddressBook info which is of importance as it is integrated with Mail.app too.</p><p></p><p>Here's a blurb from Mail.app help:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 405460, member: 13565"] Hi Doc, Navigate to: [I][COLOR="Sienna"]YourUserAccount -> Library -> Mail[/COLOR][/I] You will find all your email messages stored there. The problem is that each email has a generic name eg: 5534.emix. You can either back up the whole Mail folder or just the emails themselves. If you have more than one mailbox, then you could select the mailbox folders and [I][COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]Right/Control-Click[/COLOR][/I] them, then select the [I][COLOR="Navy"]"Create Archive Of"[/COLOR][/I] option. A .zip file will appear in the window when the process is complete and you can store it as you like. If you wish to backup the entire Mail folder then the same procedure applies but you also need to copy the [COLOR="DarkRed"][I]com.apple.mail.plist [/I][/COLOR]which can be found at: [I][COLOR="DarkGreen"]YourUserAccount -> Library -> Preferences.[/COLOR][/I] This way you also have a backup of any prefs you might have set up in Mail Preferences. Finally navigate to: [I][COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]YourUserAccount -> Library -> Application Support[/COLOR][/I] ... and back up your AddressBook info which is of importance as it is integrated with Mail.app too. Here's a blurb from Mail.app help: [/QUOTE]
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