On Jan 10, 2012, at 12:32 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> on 2012-01-10 13:06 Nathan Sims wrote
>> I have an IMAP email account, and in Mail -->  Preferences -->  Advanced it 
>> has this option:
>> 
>>   Keep copies of messages for offline viewing:
>>       - All messages and their attachments
>>       - All messages, but omit attachments
>>       - Only messages I've read
>>       - Don't keep copies of any messages
>> 
>> How does this work? Does setting it to "All messages and their attachments" 
>> cache all of my emails on my local machine?
> 
> yes it does; i'd call it better than a cache — it's complete maildir archive 
> stored in ~/Library/Mail (at least on 10.5), and it is indexed by Spotlight

That's what I was hoping! Do you know the name of the maildir archive 
file/folder under /Library/Mail? I don't see anything but my mailboxes.

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