Exporting mailboxes in Mail

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gabidgabid
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have to backup all my important files onto CD this weekend since I'm passing down my TiBook to my sister and will have to wait who knows how long for a low-end G5 to make its way up to Canada to replace it. One thing which I'm not sure if I can do is export my mailboxes in Mail (under 10.2.6). I need all of my incoming mail and sent mail to make its way to my new machine. I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but I don't see any export option (though I do see an import one). If I can't do that, where are the actual mailbox files and, if I copy them to CD, can I then open them on my new machine?

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    123123 Posts: 278member
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    Originally posted by Gabid

    where are the actual mailbox files and, if I copy them to CD, can I then open them on my new machine?



    ~/Library/Mail/



    Yes
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    gabidgabid Posts: 477member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by 123

    ~/Library/Mail/



    Yes



    Ok, so I see all of the mailbox files. Once I have them on CD I chose "import" from within Mail, right? And for that matter, can also copy over my current Mail prefs? Which "plist" file are they saved under?
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