How to backup Apple Mail?

I'm helping a friend because he's transferring his company email domain to another company and he wants to backup all of his Apple Mail before hand.
Ideas?

Brij011 wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
Mailbox Menu>Export Mailbox
This is what I do but it's a laborious process as I have around a dozen mailboxes.
I'm used to Outlook where you can backup a folder (ie mailbox) and include sub-folders. The equivalent doesn't seem posible with Apple Mail.
Could someone tell me whether this is possible or whether there's another easy way to backup multiple folders?
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This has happend so many times, it's getting frustrating.
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