[MlMt] How to archive mail to save server space, but keep local copies?

[Luís Trevisan]

Hi John,

Thanks for sharing the EagleFiler link – I really appreciated it!

Since you mentioned you use it, I’d love to ask a couple of quick 
questions if you don’t mind. I’m currently testing EagleFiler to 
archive around 220,000 emails (roughly 100 GB total). I noticed the 
indexing process is quite slow on my side — I’m attaching a 
screenshot so you can see what I mean.

Do you have any tips on how you structure your archive? How do you 
usually organize your files? Also, is the initial indexing always this 
slow for large libraries, or is there something I could tweak to improve 
performance?

Any best practices or insights would be very helpful. Thanks again if 
you’re able to share some of your experience!

Best regards,
Luís Trevisan

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On 26 Jul 2025, at 21:55, John Cooper wrote:

> Sean McBride wrote (at 5:07 PM on Saturday, July 26, 2025):
>
>> If I want/need to save server space, I'll need to delete old 
>> messages; but surely I can keep a local copy of those old messages on 
>> my Mac, but how?
>
> There are many solutions, but I use EagleFiler. Its developer is 
> responsible and responsive, and the online user manual even details 
> how to use it with MailMate!
>
> https://c-command.com/eaglefiler/
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