Gave this a try. It looks like the way I'll go, though a bit of a nuisance that 
it does
not seem to get mbox (used by Tbird). Actually maildir seems to be a bit nicer 
in some
respects, so I can probably live with having the backup in a different format 
from active
files. Thanks to Pedro and all who replied.

Best, JN


On 10/09/2012 09:42 PM, Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
> You can try offlineimap at http://offlineimap.org. It has worked fine 
> for me for a few years now keeping local copies of my external mail in sync.
> 
> The local copies are in Maildir format so you can access them easily 
> when you need them. Most distros have offlineimap already available.
> 
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