You left out the very important piece of information (what email server type are you using?) so I don't know if that is a possibility.
Either that, or use the web-based interface for whatever email system you are using and see if there is an "export" or "archive" function there. I would just do the export and wait for it to complete. But that would be a poor backup as it would be hard to use those files in case of an emergency or as any kind of archive. I guess you could locate the Mail app databases on your hard drive and duplicate them. Not sure what you mean by "taking too long" - I can't think of a faster method. But it sounds like in you your case you see all of your email there. The Mail app is more of a "viewer" than a repository of all of your messages. Email these days is a cloud service (iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Exchange, etc) and often all of your email is on the server, but only a small portion of it is there on your local hard drive. Whether it is or not depends on the type of mail server you are using. Thereafter, choose AT&T option from the given list of 75+ Email Source List and Press Login button after entering your login credentials.
First step is to download, install and launch AT&T webmail backup tool in your PC. It is a good option as long as all of your email is actually there on your Mac. Just follow the simple procedure as discussed below. Apple Mail export will save out a standard mbox file for the mailbox you have selected.
For each imported mailbox, Mail creates an Import folder in the On My Mac section its sidebar.įor another Mail tip, learn how to use Markup and Mail Drop, two new features added to Mail with OS X Yosemite.Time Machine backs up everything on your hard drive. mbox file you want to import and click Choose. Only a few steps are needed to move Mac Mail folders to iCloud. Next, choose Apple Mail from the Import window and click Continue. To import back into Mail, open Mail and go to File > Import Mailboxes. mbox format is a common file format and can be read by other email clients. Should you want to look at messages you previously exported, you can import them back to Mail or another email app the. After exporting, if you then want to get rid of a mailbox's messages, you will need to delete the mailbox or, if you want to keep the mailbox but not its messages, you will need to move all of its messages to Mail's trash. Now, exporting a mailbox does not clear out its contents. mbox file but creates a new file - Completed Tasks 2.mbox, for example.) (Note: if you export the same Mailbox after it fills up again with messages, Mail does not overwrite the first exported.
Alternatively, you can right-click on the mailbox in the sidebar and choose Export Mailbox. To export a mailbox, select the mailbox from the sidebar and choose Mailbox > Export Mailbox. So already, you are gaining some semblance of control over your Inbox. You can drag and drop messages to your mailboxes, which removes them from your Inbox in the process. Your mailboxes show up in the left sidebar of the Mail window. To create a mailbox, open Mail and go to Mailbox > New Mailbox. mbox file on your computer.įirst, let's back up. If you do, however, you can then export your mailboxes, which creates an. That is, you'll need to create mailboxes for groups of messages.
Full disclosure: using this feature requires a bit of upfront work on your work.
Or you can archive messages, which keeps them in Mail and still accessible in the All Mail mailbox.Ī better way is to use Mail's Export Mailbox feature. You can simply delete messages (while remembering to empty Mail's trash on occasion). The way I see it, you have three options with the Mail app in OS X to keep a lid on the number of emails flooding your inbox. This is where you'll go to find out how to release your Mac's potential and make the most of your purchase. We'll talk performance upgrades (for old and new models), hardware hacks, and workflow tips.
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