Is it advisable to MOVE contents of "Users/~/Library/Mail/V2" in the Finder instead of from within Apple Mail "ON MY MAC" left pane?

Is it advisable to MOVE some folders/mailboxes within "Users/~/Library/Mail/V2" by drag and drop in the Finder instead of moving them from within the Apple Mail "ON MY MAC" left pane?
Any drawback or problem or danger about it? In case of doing it, should I do it with Apple Mail open or closed?
For more details about why I want to do it, please see:
How to MOVE folders and mailboxes from Localhost into On My Mac?
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25004039#25004039
Thanks.

Someone knows? Thanks.

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Message was edited by: Maila87

Hi, my 2 accounts which has aproximately on gmail.com about 2,5 GBbytes has in my computer crazy 40 GBytes?
Have you looked inside the Mail folder to see what is taking up so much space?
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