Export mail/mail folders?

We used to use this great mail program at work which would allow us to select a folder and export the entire contents as text files. It was very helpful for archiving. Can this be done with Mail, aside from selecting each individual email and saving as a text file?
imac 4,1 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB 667 Mhz

Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has an Archive Messages script to automate the File > Save As procedure.

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How to export Apple Mail Email Addresses..

I am going about an email-gathering process in order to analyze addresses I want to use for future marketing.
One resource of qualified leads is my 5 year old Gmail account which has all my correspondence 'banked' -
so I want to extract and put into a list form (spreadsheet, csv) - all of the sent-to and received-from email
addresses that i have accumulated. Since Gmail doesn't natively export email addresses as a list, I must
go through the process of either a POP or IMAP download to an email client. I decided to set up Apple Mail
with an IMAP configuration for the purpose of offloading all of my gmail into Apple Mail. That is currently in
progress - I am running the "sync" feature at the moment - figure it'll be a half-day or so to process through
it.
Then comes the question, which i forgot to consider - and I am not sure about this because i normally use Thunderbird...
is there a way to export all of the Emails from the Apple Mail folders once they've downloaded from Gmail - into a format
that can be 'read' by an email extraction app - i.e., .csv, or tab delimited, etc... I see stuff about "Address Book" being
exported, but nothing specifically referring to the email addresses themselves.
Hope this question makes sense and thanks for any advice or second opinion on whether there's a better way to do
what i'm trying to do.
Thanks
Mike

Hi, thanks for that info - I have this app called Email Extractor - it may read the .emlx files -haven't been able to find much documentation....been a year or two since i toyed with it andi won't know til the IMAP downloading to the email client is done before i can try it... will probably take half a day before this synch process completes as it has about 15,000 emails to process...
As for the data, I basically just need the email addresses. It would make life simpler if there were a converter that would just transform the .emlx to .csv in order for me to run the list through the Extractor parsing' app. I was kinda hoping i could export from Mail to .csv or something this app can readily read...
Thanks again,
Mike

Exporting Importing mail boxs

We have two mail boxs operating in the one computer account - have now set up two accounts on our computer (one for each operator). How do i export their mail box contents (all emails) to the mail program in the other computer account.

1. Quit Mail on the source user account.
2. In the Finder, make a copy of the source ~/Library/Mail folder and put it in a place accessible to the destination user.
3. Do File > Get Info (⌘I) on the copy of the source Mail folder. Under Ownership & Permissions, expand Details by clicking on it, set the destination user as Owner and click the Apply to enclosed items button.
4. In Mail on the destination user account, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Mail for Mac OS X as the data format, and follow the instructions. Import the Mailboxes folder within the Mail folder first, then repeat with each of the POP-username@mailserver account folders.
5. After checking that everything works as expected on both user accounts, you can get rid of the copy of the source Mail folder made in step 2.
Ask for any clarifications or if you need further assistance.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user's home folder.

Mail Smart Folders across accounts / between Macs

OS X Mail Smart Folders are very useful, but I have one problem:
My "Unread" folder between accounts and Macs has two criteria: Unread, plus on one account, not in a certain Inbox. Now, the mail account that I use for that 2nd criteria is only set up for use on one account. I have 2 accounts on my Mac Pro and 1 account on my MBP. When I check my Mail Unread folder on the other account and other Mac, the Unread folder syncs across iCloud, but since that email account I use for the 2nd criteria is not set up (active) on the other account / Mac, the Unread folder essentially breaks. If I edit it, then it breaks on the other user account where that 2nd criteria is effective.
Does that make sense? Anyone else having iCloud Mail Smart Folder sync issues across accounts / Macs?
Running OS X Yosemite all up to date on everything.

iCloud does not support or sync Smart Mailboxes or local folders. You can create mailboxes at the iCloud.com site that will be IMAP and show in the Mail sidebar under the iCloud folder. Those will show up on all devices.
Other than that, iCloud will only sync Mail's main mailboxes (default mailboxes).
In Addition to better explain:
Local folders under On My Mac are folders only located on the computer. They are not part of any IMAP or Exchange account.
Smart Mailboxes are for the most part just search engines. Messages are not stored in those, but they merely point to messages which actually reside in the original mailbox where they are stored.

Mac Mail Smart Folders triplicate messages (Gmail-based mail server)

I can't get Mail Smart Folders to work well with my Virginmedia mail server, which seems to use a Gmail type of system. (I'm using IMAP).
It is easy to set up an instruction to select mail e.g. from defined individuals only, or any other qualifier.
However, I get all mail in triplicate: from the normal Inbox, but also from Gmail-type "All Mail" and "Important" inboxes. I know these mailboxes exist on the Virginmedia server, and also, virtually, in Mail, but I don't ever look at them or need to. There might be a way of not having all mails defined as "Important" on the server, but "All Mail" exists by default and can't be removed, for obvious reasons.
I have tried various additional instructions in the Smart Folder such as include if "Message is in Inbox", but that selects all messages. Also, if "Message is not in Inbox", so that I get only two sets of messages, but that has produced strange results such as messages marked as in Spam folder, which seem to have nothing to do with the defined instructions.
Is there anything "smart" I can do about this, or is it just a matter of Mail not being up to speed with Gmail-based servers. It's just an annoyance, more than anything.

Nope. Gone.
I went to my second mac. Opened Mail, it refreshed its previous state, with 1100 messages in the Inbox, I was relieved and while thinking about my backup options, Mail started its new activity cycle and POOF....Gone. One test message in the Inbox.

Mail - IMAP folders not showing up in folder list

I have several mac mail imap folders and a few of them are not showing all imap folder - yet I can use move to folder to move emails to that folder. Any ideas?

Check on the IMAP settings (Gmail.com) that Pop is disabled.
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Can I Export My Mail Accounts?

How can I export my Mail accounts so that I can easily Import them back into a new user account? (Complete with all of the proper email details like smtp stuff.)
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Wrong place. You're looking in /Library/Preferences/ but you need to be looking in your user library, which is at /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences
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Used TB previously. Files backed up. Operating system reinstalled. Need to reinstall TB. How access old TB e-mail accounts, folders, e-mail?

My operating system was became defective. I backed up all previous files. Operating system has been reinstalled. I need to reinstall TB. How can I access all previous data (e-mail accounts, folders, and e-mail) when I reinstall TB?

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Can't find mail download or mail preference folders in library, where are they?

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adding backing vocals is a feature, I can't find them or how to do it.
The backing vocals are software instruments, listed in the "Choir" section of the software instrument browser. Afaik, the basic GarageBand does not have these instruments. My "choirs" all came with the JamPacks. The JamPacks are no longer sold separately, but if you buy Mainstage 2, you will get all Jam pack instruments and loops to be used with GararageBand; and it is not very expensive (~23 € at the AppStore).
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When exporting to Mail or adding via photo browser, I want to add captions. Only the first pic has my standard mail font of 18, all other pics go down to 12.5 unless I change font sizes with each picture. How to solve this? Regards, Duncan

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Import/export - Windows Mail to Mac Mail

Does anyone know a way to import Windows Mail mailboxes in Mac Mail.
I managed to import Windows Mail in Thunderbird, but when I export them to mbox it seems like Thunderbirds is only exporting one mail from each mailbox.
Is this the only way to Export/Import from Windows to Mac Mail, and what am I doing wrong?
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HrKvalvik wrote:
Does anyone know a way to import Windows Mail mailboxes in Mac Mail.
I managed to import Windows Mail in Thunderbird, but when I export them to mbox it seems like Thunderbirds is only exporting one mail from each mailbox.
Is this the only way to Export/Import from Windows to Mac Mail, and what am I doing wrong?
It's important to say that Windows Mail and Windows Outlook/Outlook Express is not the same thing. I'm using Windows Mail.
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How do I set up additional mail storage folders?

I have installed the cloud and my mail storage folders did not import into the IPAD. How do I set up additional mail storage folders?

did not have a mobile me account.
Copied from your previous post.
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Did you have a MobileMe email account first or not?
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I need help exporting Apple Mail messages to Outlook for MAC 2011

Good morning,
I need help exporting Apple Mail messages to Outlook for MAC 2011. Please....

It is possible to do this without external tools, but it is a tremendous faff. See
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macoutlook/import-ema il-from-mail-to-outlook-2011/5e858173-e1f4-4adc-99d7-253cc467169d?page=2 for details.
The easiest way, however, is to use Mail Exporter Pro https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mail-exporter-pro/id675131616?mt=12 which will convert the email for you from one format to the other, and comes with an excellent manual.
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In Mac mail, getting folders to line up alphabetically?

In Mac mail, my folders are not lining up alphabetically. Some are and then when you create a new folder it will place it in the middle of the list of folders and not in the alphabetical order. Any help would be appreciated.

Sounds like you had the "Keep Arranged by" option set. To access that in Snow Leopard the most reliable method is to click on the Desktop, then go to the View menu, and press the Option key--you'll see Arrange By change to Keep Arranged By. Using the Contextual menu method (doing a right click while on the Desktop) and then pressing the Option key might work....but my experience has been a bit confusing. Sometimes it seems like the choice doesn't "stick" or it reverts or something. Bringing up View Options won't get you the "Keep Arranged" option.
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I lost mail smart folders on iMac after delete them on Mac Air

I lost mail smart folders on iMac after delete them on Mac Air with differents mail accounts.
I don't undestand, I have email accounts totally differents between iMac and Mac Air, I don't know if is an iCloud issue.
When I open Mail on Air I see a lot of smart folders I use on iMac and I thinked of a some old sync mismatch, so I deleted smart folders on Air.
Today when I turn on my iMac I see I lost ol my smart folders, but are differents computers, differents email accounts, one used for work the other at home (gmail).
Of course I have time machine backup but don't know how to restore smart folders.
Please help me, I don't want smart folders be synced beetween differents accounts
I attach my iCloud settings...

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When I open my mail account I keep getting the message "Checking for Mail". I deleted the yahoo account and set it up again and I am still getting the same issue plus I am not seeing any of my mail or folders. Can anyone help?

When I open my mail account I keep getting the message "Checking for Mail". I deleted the yahoo account and set it up again and I am still getting the same issue plus I am not seeing any of my mail or folders. Can anyone help?

This is how I fixed it on my new iPhone 5S. Using the standard yahoo setting on my phone.
You will have to access "managing your app passwords" on your account profile for yahoo. Generate password for your app. For example: "My iPhone 5S'
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source:
http://virtualizeme.net/iphone-5-yahoo-mail-server-unavailable-fix/
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