iMail back-up

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Time Machine which should already be on your Mac, or Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper; both available to buy.
 
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Yes, I do have an iMac, but I am wondering what happens if my mac breaks down and I do not have the iMail folders backed-up on an external HD.

thanks!
Ron
 

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If you have a backup you should be able to restore from that whether it is done by Time Machine or one of the other programs mentioned. Without a backup any e-mail not stored on the providers server would be lost. Of the hard drive were to remain intact the e-mail could be restored from there although removing the drive to place in an enclosure can be interesting in some models.
 
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How can I back-up my e-mails to an extern HD

Hi Ron - you might want to tell us 'what' kind of email accounts your have? There are two main ones for incoming mail: POP3 or IMAP - POP3 is like the mailman, i.e. once the mail is delivered to your mailbox (think computer HD), then that's the only copy and backup is important; OTOH, in IMAP, the mail is kept on the server of the mail client you are using so deletion can occur at various levels - you need to understand the difference.

As an example, I used mainly Yahoo Mail - below is a screen capture of Apple Mail opened to my account; all of the folders on the left are on the Yahoo servers - now I can delete information in these folders from my computer @ home or using Yahoo Mail via a browser but if my computer went down and my mail was still w/ Yahoo, I should be able to retrieve it - SO, we need to know how your mail is setup.
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