how to move mail from one mac to another

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how to move mail from one mac to another

I'm moving everything from an iMac running snow leopard to an imac running High Sierra. How can I move and save settings from mac mail?

Frank

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 1, 2020 1:45 PM

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den.thed

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Aug 1, 2020 2:12 PM in response to frank2444

Only if you migrate from the old iMac or your backup.

see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350

If your manually moving files from the old iMac, then you will need to manually setup your mail box.

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Aug 2, 2020 8:55 AM in response to den.thed

OK, I copied my old Mac's MAIL folder in the library and put it in the new Mac. I see all my sent mail and trash mail from my 3 email accounts going way back. Great. But in the folders in the sidebar in Mail, I still only see items going back when I started setting up the new mac 4 days ago! How do I get ALL the old mail files to show up in the current sidebar folders?

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