#Mac mail archive emails archive#

#Mac mail archive emails archive#

In order to backup these emails quit Mail, and in Finder use the Go – Go to Folder menu and type in ~/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes/īackup the archive mailbox from this location. Open your Mail application and click on Mailbox > New Mailbox. Once the process is complete do a Get Info on your mailbox again to see how much space you’ve saved. I was able to work with 6 months at a time. To get around this I made a new Smart Mailbox containing everything from the folder I was working on prior to a particular date. I found it difficult to work with more than around 2000 messages at a time. To watch as Mail processes use the Windows – Activity screen. Since Command + A selects all the emails in your inbox, I used Command + Shift + A, but feel free to use whatever suits you.

This can take some time as we are downloading possibly thousands of messages and attachments. Mail dragged from your account to one of the mailboxes on your Mac will be moved and deleted from the server, freeing up space. If you wish to archive other mailboxes I suggest you make a local mailbox for each and name them appropriately. Sent will probably be by far your largest mailbox. Make sure the location is “On My Mac” and call it something that makes sense to you. To create a new mailbox, click the Plus sign and select New Mailbox. To archive email, we need to move them to a mailbox on your Mac. There’s a difference between trashed and archived email.

It takes few steps to Import OE to Mac Mail if you have a third-party tool like DBX to MBOX Converter, which taking very less time converts entire folder containing several DBX files at once into PST MBOX format.

To see the size your folders are using, right-click your mail account and “Get Info”. Deleted emails end up in the Trash or Archive mailboxes. Outlook Express to Mac Mail migration is now possible with the easy working process of OE to Mac Mail Converter tool.