[macvoiceover] Re: Exporting mailboxes in Apple Mail
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:17:56 -0600
Hi Ricardo,
Well, I managed to set up my Gmail account in IMAP, but first had to delete my
existing Gmail account in Apple Mail. As I only had one folder with email
messages, I simply exported the folder, deleted the account, set it up as an
IMAP account, and then copied the files back into the folder. I really didn't
need to do this however, as I already had my iPhone Gmail account set up as an
IMAP account, so my files appeared anyway. The problem with my main email
account is that I have quite a few sub-folders set up with lots of messages in
each, so didn't want to go through the process of setting up the IMAP account
only to have to do it again after installing Mountain Lion. So, ONce I have ML
installed, I'll set up my main email account as an IMAP account, and all will
be well. I like the way the IMAP account works in Gmail. As you said, all the
folder organization is copied to all my devices! Really nice!
Thanks for the tip!!
Russell
On 2012-07-25, at 12:46 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> exactly. With IMAP, all your messages are saved on the e-mil providers
> server so, as soon as you set up your account again in apple mail after
> upgrading, all your messages should be redownloaded to your inbox without you
> having to do anything. But to be on the safe side, you should do a time
> machine backup, and you should be able to migrate your e-mails if for some
> reason this doesn't work. Some one correct me if I'm mistaken. I don't want
> to miss lead.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
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> On Jul 24, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ricardo,
>>
>> I just checked, and my email provider does offer IMAP, but, I'm not sure how
>> this will help me. What I need to do is save, or backup all my existing
>> email messages that are currently located on my hard drive in Apple Mail.
>> Is there a way using IMAP to upload all these messages back to my provider's
>> server?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Russell
>> On 2012-07-24, at 5:07 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does your e-mail provider offer IMAP? If so, this could make what your
>>> doing a lot easier
>>>
>>> Ricardo Walker
>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> In preparation for a clean install of Mountain Lion, I plan to export all
>>>> my email messages to an external drive. When I clean installed Lion over
>>>> Snow Leopard, I thought I could just export my main inbox and all the
>>>> sub-folders within the inbox would also get exported... no such luck!! I
>>>> ended up losing a lot of email messages I would have loved to keep. So,
>>>> my question is, is there a way to export all email messages together, or,
>>>> is it necessary to go to each mailbox and export it individually?
>>>>
>>>> tia
>>>>
>>>> Russell>
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