How do you archive old Mail messages?

Perhaps I'm a bit obsessive, but I've saved every email message I've sent or received since 1996 (except 30 that were lost -- and I know where they went.)  It's occasionally useful, but its slowing down Mail.  Time to offload ten years' worth into an archive.
Before I write an AppleScript to do this, I thought I'd ask: Have you archived messages out of mail?  How did you do it?
--Gil

Email Archiver says on their website that they have a version that works in 10.6.8, but the website doesn't say how to get it.  I found an email address for their support website, but haven't heard back.
On the other tack, someone else has made calculating days simple for the rest of us:
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html
--Gil

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