Can I downgrade mail from Lion Mail(v.5) to Snow Leopard Mail(v.4)?

I just bought a new MacBook (13.3" running Lion OS 10.7.1). I -really- don't like the new format of mail and have problems with searching and other organization methods I worked out. I would like to downgrade from Lion Mail (v.5) to Snow Leopard Mail (v.4). I understand that some people have downgraded the whole operating system and saw those instructions in the discussion forums, but I would like to -only- downgrade mail. Any ideas?
Also, any recommendations on reducing my load times and delays in mail? I have over 100,000 emails over the past 4 years that are bogging down the system. I have tried archiving some older messages, but the system freezes and then downloads all the attachments from my oldest messages, filling up the entire hard disk. Thanks in advance!

There is a long thread about this -- https://discussions.apple.com/message/15733107#15733107 -- and the bottom line is that it is possible to install and run SL on a 2011 mini (with some rather wonky hacking...) BUT it doesn't work very well. Performance benchmarks of the same machine in SL and Lion show the SL as definitely slower.
Plus people are having problems with certain features on the machine not working.
I think that your performance issues sound like something else is wrong... The 2GB is a definite problem -- do you know that you can buy 8GB for the machine for $60, and getting it installed is a snap? But the first thing that I would do is to install applejack and boot into single-user mode and run disk repair (aka fsck.) Another question -- if you look on your console, do you see a voracious cpu-eating process called mds? It's the indexer for Spotlight, and there is nothing to be done about it than to just wait it out, and your machine will work much better when it is done. And Spotlight is not just a SL problem -- if you install SL it's going to want to index your disk, too...

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No.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download.
Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
7. Xserve (Early 2009)
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
Am I eligible for the free upgrade?
See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.
Model Eligibility for Snow Leopard and Lion.
Snow Leopard General requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
2. 1GB of memory
3. 5GB of available disk space
4. DVD drive for installation
5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
6. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.

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Will only the latest time machine back-up from SL work or can a back-up with lion be suitable in SL (when downgraded)?

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I've been trying to solve this issue for a bit, and would appreciate any fresh perspectives on the issue.
I recently purchased a 2006 Mac Pro 1.1. It has a dual 2.66Ghz Xeon processor. I'm fairly sure nothing has been customized in the machine hardware-wise, and that it is in the original configuration apple sold it with in 2006.
The machine arrived with the Lion 10.7.5 OS on it, which was incompatible with some of the software plug-ins I use for editing audio, so I decided to re-install Snow Leopard 10.6. I inserted my install DVD like I would normally, and was greeted with the error message "OSX cannot be installed on this computer, please use version 23.1.1".
I checked out the forums, and seeing that this was a common problem (with what seemed like an easy fix), proceeded to try and install anyway. I booted from the DVD by holding "C" on start-up. After booting and asking what i wanted to use as my language, the error message "Mac OSX cannot be installed on this computer" was displayed. Thinking this was another glitch, I clicked "restore from back-up, then managed to use Disk Utility to wipe my HD and zero out the contents. I reformatted my HD to Mac OS Extended Journaled, Re-partitioned it, and then reset my NV or Pram (Command+option+P+R) until i heard the start-up noise twice.
Next, I restarted the computer, booted it from the disk again, and crossed my fingers it would let me install. No luck.
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I do have a spare 2009 imac to work with in the meantime, with Snow Leopard, though I'm assuming attempting to clone that drive would screw with the drivers and firmware in the Mac Pro. Are there any tricks to re-install my OS without using a Time Machine back-up or clone? I have the DVD, my machine just doesn't seem to want to install from it. The nearest repair shop is several hours away.
I'm at a loss for what to try next. Any ideas?

The following will only work on a Mac that is capable of being booted by a retail Snow Leopard DVD. Fortunately, you can do the following on your model should you prefer. As an alternative you could simply create a second partition on the hard drive and install a fresh copy of Snow Leopard without having to erase the drive.
Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer
      loads select your language and click on the Continue
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2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the
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      of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then
      the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART
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3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions
      from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS
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      partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on
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4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion/Mountain Lion files.

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Hello. I'm new to the forum and not tech savvy, so hope that you'll bear with me.
I've recently installed Snow Leopard on my iMac and now wish to transfer all the e-mail on my old Powerbook G4 (Tiger) to the iMac.
Any pointers on how I should go about this would be much appreciated.

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Want to check I'm not doing something stupid before trying to downgrade it to Snow Leopard via this method.
Plan to create a disk image clone with Super Duper of the stock Lion version. Then wipe and install disk image clone of my older MBP 2.26 Intel Core Duo with 10.6.8. If the Mayans are wrong then sometime in January 2012 I will restore the Lion clone, block out a day wipe and migrate away.
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I think it's all over for downgrading to Snow Leopard from here on out.
You can try though, create another OS X extended journaled partiton in Disk Utility under Lion (make it large so that way you can use it if it works)
Then T boot the Lion Mac into FireWire Target Disk mode, then connect the Firewire 800 cable (or with 400 adapater) and boot the Intel Core 2 Duo, use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone Snow to the Snow Partiton on the Lion Mac.
Reboot the Lion Mac and hold the option key, see if the machine boots into the Snow Leopard Parttion.
If it does, then whoopie.
I suspect Apple still needs to support Snow Leopard, so someway they still need to run it without their staff having to carry around two machines.
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Experiment finished.
However if your Intel Core 2 Duo has Snow Leopard installed from the 10.6 grey disks that came with the machine, it won't work for sure. The hardware drivers are too machine specific on the grey disks.
The 10.6.3 Retail disks have all the hardware drivers on it for the other hardware made at that time, but again the very new Mac's have different hardware, unsure if the older drivers still work or not.
But at least with the Lion/Snow partition method on the new factory Lion Mac, it's no big deal to simply delete the Snow Partition, you won't have to download Lion again from Apple servers, install the Lion Recovery Partition from the USB thubmb drive and all that business.
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It is not in the Preference settings. Instead click on Edit in the menubar, place cursor on Attachments, and then click to deselect including original attachments with Reply.
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Hi,
I feel like I am going slowly mad!
I need to uninstal Mountain Lion....
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Hi cbs20,
Thanks for replying..
Yep I have repaired the disk....and done something called a PRAM and SMC but I found that I don't have enough memory as I've only 2GB but I've ordered more RAM......so I told myself to be patience until the RAM arrived but my printer just wont work with the upgrade...I've tried downloading the most recent driver software but it just wont work...
Just says that printer is offline...
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It's not a matter of "letting" each maintain its own database, William. By default, I believe, I have no control over what gets written. In fact, if there were a way to set a preference that says, use this index named "spotlightindexSL' only [while in SL], that might solve my problem. Then when booting up in ML, it would just go after the index it last made.
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