How to move email in bulk to folders on my hard drive

I'm a new Mac user and imported substantial numbers of email from my PC. I've also been adding to them at the rate of about 20/day. Although I have created a number of dedicated folders in Apple Mail to keep them organized, I would like to move the entire contents (or most) of the email from some of those folders to folders on my hard drive, since I want to retain them but don't need them quickly available to me right now.
I've tried the old drag 'n drop, which doesn't seem to work. Anybody know how to do this?
Thanks

How best to archive emails likely has many answers. I don't know the best approach. All I do is create addtional mailboxes or folders within Apple Mail. I have never yet attempted or needed to move the emails out of Apple Mail to some other location on my HD.
Perhaps this discussion thread can point you toward some other options:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4466541&#4466541
Regards,
Steve M.

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