How do I export all my emails from a mailbox?

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How do I export all my emails from a mailbox?

I have quit my job and don’t want to keep all the emails in my mail program. (They are all in a custom mailbox, but they’re still taking up space in iCloud) is there a way to export all the emails so I can store them in a flash drive in case I need them later THAT ALSO keeps them organized by date?

I went to mail and exported the mailbox, but it was an incredibly small file size (maybe a couple of kb or mb in size) so I think it ONLY exported the mailbox but nothing contained within the mailbox. I was fiddling around and accidentally stumbled on a way to export all the email as some file type (MAYBE .PDF? Not sure, not important) but they were all labelled by subject name, not date, so that wasn’t usefull at all.

Is there just some quick and easy way to move all the emails into a file and then when I am ready to look for them (even if it’s bringing them back into mail from whatever media I have stored them on) they remain in the chronological dated order I had them in? Hopefully I have been clear, I could really use some help! Thank you

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 31, 2023 6:35 AM

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tygb

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Jan 31, 2023 8:37 AM in response to Howmander

Transfer mail data from one Mac to another .

Take back up of all mails in V 7 folder

Click on finder take cursor on top menu bar > Go and hold option key click on > library > select mail folder > right click on mail folder there itself > click on copy mail > right click on the desktop > click on paste item .

Entire mails are copied to V 7 folder and will get saved on the desktop .

Note : For Mac OS mojave the folder will be V6 , For Mac OS High Sierra the folder will be V5 , For Mac OS Sierra the folder will be V4 , For El Capitan - the folder will be V3 , and for OSX Yosemite the folder will be V2 .

Take a USB flash drive and copy V7 folder into it , once it is copied right click on the USB flash drive and eject it .

Insert the USB flash drive in the second machine .

Configure new IMAP account in another machine and take cursor to the top menu bar , file > import mail boxes > import data from > select apple mail > click on continue > select the back drop folder then choose new .

When new IMAP account is opened a new folder with all mails will appear in the mail side bar , you can rename the folder .

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