Moving emails between 2 computers?

What's with the Mac Mail app? I use a mac at work and one at home. I was using Entourage, until it ate my entire email existence. But, with it, I could simply drag a message to my thumb drive, and then simply drag it into the message window on the other mac. How do I do that with Mac Mail? This is unbeleiveable!! It was so simple, and now impossible!! Is there a similar export method? I'm stunned. Am I the only one taking emails home or to the office?

You can do this using folders. Create a new mailbox folder for mail you would like to transfer (unless you want to transfer your entire inbox) Copy the emails you would like to transfer (dont just drag, copy and paste if you want to keep them on both computers). You can then drag that entire folder to your usb drive. When you get to computer #2 you can simply import the entire folder of emails using the File: Import Mailboxes feature. Choosing Mac OS X Mail, and selecting the folder CONTAINING the mailbox folder you wish to import. Do not click on the .mbox folder as it will give you an error, click on the usb drive or the parent folder that is holding the .mbox file.

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