Locally Saving Copies of some IMAP Mail Folders in MacOS X Mail App - then remove that content from server
My IMAP mail server is indicating that the disc quota is almost full and I want to keep some of the mail in those folders in local archives after deleting them from the server. Is there a process for doing this? It appears that the only way IMAP can reduce server storage consuption is by deleting content on the server. Is there a way to move folders from the IMAP server to my local hard drive?
I would like to do one of the following:
- Move mail messages from my inbox to a "copy to my local hard drive" folder --> then copy that folder to my local hard drive in an "archives" folder --> then delete the "copy to my local hard drive" folder from the IMAP server
- Do all the steps in [1] locally within my MacOS X mail folders and then delete the (now) duplicate content up on the IMAP server
- Find some features that I may have missed in the MacOS X mail application that allow me to do either [1] or [2] from menu options
thanks
iPhone 4S, iOS 5, MacOS X