[MlMt] Local email archiving status/options?

[Michael Tsai]

On Aug 25, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Brian Scholl <bjscholl at gmail.com> wrote:

> When others on the list have talked about using EagleFiler to archive their mail, for example, how do you get the messages from MM into EagleFiler?

Currently, MailMate sends EagleFiler .eml files:

<http://c-command.com/eaglefiler/help/importing-mail-from-mai>

However, you can merge them into mbox files for greater efficiency if you want:

<http://c-command.com/eaglefiler/help/merge-mailboxes-message>

> 5. LOCAL ARCHIVING TO MBOX FILES VIA A DIFFERENT EMAIL CLIENT?
> Back in January on this list, Scott McIntyre mentioned in passing that it is possible to use MM for everyday email, but then occasionally run Mail.app to access the same IMAP account, use that to save/translate the folder to a local mbox file, and then import that mbox file into DevonThink or EagleFiler for long term access.

This should be easy. You can just set up Apple Mail to use the same server info as MailMate, and it will stay in sync via IMAP. Then just select the messages you want to import and press EagleFiler's capture key:

<http://c-command.com/eaglefiler/help/importing-mail-from-app>

No need to find the files in Mail or use its mbox export, which is buggy.

--Michael

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Michael Tsai
C-Command Software