[X4U] Archiving Mail

[revDAVE]

On 8/8/05 9:30 AM, "revDAVE" <coolcat at hostalive.com> wrote:

> Rad,

I'm curious what you ended up doing about this?

> 
>  the first  step is to  create a " real " copy in Apple mail - rather than a
> virtual IMAP version... ( sorry, I do not quite know how to do this in Apple
> mail)
> 
> Just a quick thought ...  Personally - I would want all my archived e-mail's
> to be stored in an e-mail program rather than in PDF files - or text files
> etc... The fact is - that e-mail programs are basically database
> applications that are meant to search and sort e-mail's perfectly...
> 
> So ... I really do not use Apple mail... So I cannot comment on archive
> methods ... But I would like to give you a few thoughts on other programs...
> 
>  for example:
> 
> -  basically with what ever E-mail program I used - I would generally store
> a " cherry empty template " that was all set up with the proper addresses
> and folders etc. - but contained zero e-mail's...
> 
>            what I used to do with Eudora:
> 
> -  I would simply grab all the varied e-mail folders from the Eudora master
> folder -  and throw them in an archive folders ...  Then I could reference
> these at any point in the future in their perfect original condition
> 
> - *   Often you can reference the older archive by simply putting a folder
> alias in the  original location... (Both Eudora and entourage would allow
> this)
> 
> -  then I would simply replace the main Eudora folder with my  " cherry
> empty template "
> 
>             what I do in entourage:
> 
> -  basically the same thing - I simply grab the entourage identity - and
> Move it to an archive location -  available whenever I want in the future -
> and replace that with my  " cherry empty template "
> 
> 
> - Personally I find this to be the best way to deal with older e-mail's...
> 
> -  I would imagine that you can simply find where the current Apple mail
> data is stored ...  Move it and replace it with  a  " cherry empty template
> " And create an archive back up that way ...  If you cannot figure out how
> to make a template ... Then once you have backed up the master folder ...
> Then you can simply delete all the mail in the Master version ...( clean it
> out) ...  And start fresh ...
> 
> -  remember that most e-mail applications can import and export to other
> applications - so if you cannot find a way to have Apple mail work for you
> like this ... Then most likely either Eudora or entourage would be able to
> import Apple mail somehow ...
> 
> 
> -  one last method that might be possible - is to export all your e-mail's
> through Apple scripting into a database such as FileMaker... But I still
> prefer keeping them in their original my application -  why bother with any
> other method -  the reason use an e-mail program is because you like that
> program ... Correct? Why settle for less?


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Thanks - RevDave
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