Maybe MailMate can introduce an „offline mailbox“ where no IMAP connection is 
required. Just an storage in the databade

Von meinem iDingens gesendet...

> Am 27.01.2019 um 01:43 schrieb Bill Cole 
> <[email protected]>:
> 
>> On 25 Jan 2019, at 23:38, Dave C wrote:
>> 
>> I presume that if I delete the account from MailMate that the messages will 
>> no longer be accessible.
> 
> Yes. However, if you want to keep them accessible to MM, you can just set the 
> account 'offline' and maybe even break the server settings for it to make 
> sure nothing ever pops up at that address listening for connections eager to 
> authenticate. Just make sure to never ask MM to rebuild the datyabase b y 
> re-downloading everything.
> 
>> I’d like to keep a copy of these. Is there a way?
> 
> If the above method makes you nervous (which isn't unreasonable) you can use 
> the "Export" bundle (under the Command menu) to save all of the messages in 
> the account. If you use the "Copy to Folder" option, it stores all of the 
> messages you have selected into a folder inside the one you specify 
> (Export->Select Export Folder) as individual .eml files, inside folders named 
> for their IMAP mailboxes. The folder naming is a bit annoying, since it 
> collapses hierarchical mailbox structures into a single set of folders (like 
> IMAP often is, internally) but with this approach you get a bunch of files 
> that Spotlight will index for you for easy searching and which no longer have 
> to remain in the MM database, where they eat RAM and disk space.
> 
> Or, as others have suggested: EagleFiler.
> 
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