What does a mail archiiive really do?

Hi,
I have just Archived my Mailboxes (*.mac.com and *.gmail.com) and put those archives on an external drive.
But i do not know what those archives really are...
1) Can I now access those archives with mail if I connect my MACBook while on the move?
2) Can I access the attachments?
3) Can I safely delete the Mailbox contents now and rely on accessing the archives for occasional purposes?
grateful for any insights to this.
Many thanks, Floor

Select Mail Help from Mail's Help menu and search for "archive." There are several articles that should answer your questions.
The archives are stored on your hard drive and are fully accessible whether you are connected to the Internet or not.
If you retained attachments then they are retained in the archived mailbox.
Although archives are not a substitute for normal access to your mail, they can be used to store mail you no longer need to access regularly. However, archived mailboxes do not save space on your hard drive especially if you use an IMAP mail account and keep your mail on the server. Archiving mail just removes archived messages from the mail browser.

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