Is it possible to make a backup of your mac email boxes? if so how?

Hi,
I have had a apple email account for a few years..
and I think I have a couple of thousand of email messages on the server...
I was wondering...Is there a way to make some sort of backup of the messages
and save to the computer?
And is it easy to "unbackup" in case you need to check some past email?

You can archive a mailbox. Select a mailbox then select Archive Mailbox from the Mailbox menu. Archived mailboxes are .mbox files that can be directly imported into Mail using the Import Mail option in the File menu.

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