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Backup all Mail messages for transversal access.

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Mac2013orlater

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What are the existing means to make a backup of all Mail messages so
in the event of data emergency (mails container files on disk are corrupted, or the Mail installation is corrupted, or the OS X is damaged) the user have immediate access to their mail messages using 3rd party mail client like Outlook, Opera, Thunderbird?
 
Weaselboy

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Mac2013orlater said:
What are the existing means to make a backup of all Mail messages so
in the event of data emergency (mails container files on disk are corrupted, or the Mail installation is corrupted, or the OS X is damaged) the user have immediate access to their mail messages using 3rd party mail client like Outlook, Opera, Thunderbird?
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It is all stored in the below user library folder, but won't be readable in those other apps. You would need to restore the folder from backup then use the OS X Mail app to read the messages.

Code: 
~/Library/Mail
 
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