HOW TO BACKUP MAIL

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HOW TO BACKUP MAIL

I want to transfer all my emails, folders and preferences settings (including accounts settings) from my iMac to my Powerbook.
What folders and files I have to transfer?

I'm using Snow Leopard in both computers.

iMac Intel based 2.4GHz 20", Mac OS X (10.6.2), 4 GB RAM

Posted on Feb 17, 2010 2:58 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 17, 2010 4:20 PM in response to Sergio B Netto

/Users/yourusername/Library/Mail

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Answer 2

Network 23

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Feb 17, 2010 6:10 PM in response to Sergio B Netto

To back up your messages, back up the folder at the path in Templeton Peck's post.

For your Mail settings, go to your home folder/Library/Preferences, and back up com.apple.mail.plist

That's all you need, just that one folder and that one file. Copy them both to the same locations on your other Mac, and Mail should come right up with everything.

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Answer 3

Feb 18, 2010 4:30 AM in response to Network 23

Thank you for your replies. It worked nice.

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Answer 4

May 12, 2010 12:40 PM in response to Network 23

Hi, I lost the com.apple.mail.plist doing some cleaning and now I can't see my email messages or accounts, I created one new but for some reason it won't show me the emails, I know that everything is there /Users/yourusername/Library/Mail but how can I configure the accounts so I get the emails back?

Thanks!

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