[X4U] simple Mail backup

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On May 7, 2007, at 13:46, Xavier Noria wrote:

> I've bought an external drive. If I simply drag the Mail folder  
> there could I recover my email with Mail.app in case of hard-disk  
> failure?
>
> -- fxn
I would Drag the following for Mail:
~/Library/Mail
~/Library/Mail Downloads
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

You also might want to save your Address Book:
~/Library/Application  Support/AddressBook
..lj