To Archivers I know when one is in Mail, if you hit “Time Machine” it only shows backed-up e-mail, I am not sure if this is what you are seeking?
Your Apple Bore Kim iMac 24” Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo iPhone 3GS 32GB iPhone 3G 16GB iTouch 16GB OS X Snow Leopard On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: > >> >> Good evening all >> >> My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may >> know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly >> just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce >> the overall number of emails in my inbox. >> >> Thanks for any advice >> >> kind regards >> >> chris > > Hi Chris, > > If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can "Archive a > Mailbox". > > To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose > Mailbox > Archive Mailbox. > Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and > click Choose. > > If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose > File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to > the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and > click Choose. > If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. > Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported > mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
