Hello, I could really use some help so I don't accidentally delete years worth of emails.
I use Mail.app for my email client on macOS 12. I have gigabytes of emails sorted into dozens of folders in the app. Since these are IMAP messages, they are also taking up gigabytes of my online email storage. I'd like to export these folders (which include subfolders) from Mail.app in MBOX format and then store them on an external drive and then delete the emails from Mail.app and the online email server.
I would really appreciate any advice with this. Thanks.
I use Mail.app for my email client on macOS 12. I have gigabytes of emails sorted into dozens of folders in the app. Since these are IMAP messages, they are also taking up gigabytes of my online email storage. I'd like to export these folders (which include subfolders) from Mail.app in MBOX format and then store them on an external drive and then delete the emails from Mail.app and the online email server.
- I see in Library>Mail>V9 all of my folders in Mail.app are already stored there in MBOX format. Can I simply copy and backup this "V9" folder, and will that give me copies of MBOX files that I can then import into Mail.app in the future (if I need to)?
- Or must I manually export every folder in Mail.app as an MBOX file?
I would really appreciate any advice with this. Thanks.