[CUBE] Entourage & e-mail back-ups

[Alan Thompson]

this question also depends on where your mail is actually stored.  i 
run my own (imap) server (not this email user/addr).

on this server, which is a netbsd box, i have a mail spool file and my 
IMAP folders.  i back these up with a cron job, and worry not about my 
local files on the client.  client could be anywhere, or anything.

with Mail (.app), it keeps everything cached in ~/Library/Mail - it 
then has folders for each identity, or account, and the actual email is 
labeled Inbox (accountname).mbox - so they're using the mbox format, 
which is very simple - flat text.  move these somewhere else, burn 
them, whatever, and that will back them up just fine.


On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 07:12 AM, Rod Clifford wrote:

> Regarding mail back-ups (apple mail now) what is the most effective 
> way to back up you mail?