Trouble with Apple Mail. Can I nuke the "Mail" folder?

[cowm007]

I just did a complete reinstall of OS X and had some troubles migrating my user so I've had to manually restore most of my files. For some reason Apple Mail is acting up a lot so I'm thinking about just resetting it to like "Default" settings and start again. I just copied the Mail folder at first and I don't think OS X liked that.

I have an IMAP mail server so I can delete all the locally stored emails without a problem. Can I just completely nuke the "Mail" folder found in my Home Library? Or are there some files that I need to keep for proper functionality?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

If you don't mind losing any mail you had saved locally, you can nuke the mail folder in your library without any ill effects.

 

[cowm007]

Thanks! That did the trick. Thank god I have an IMAP mail server or my emails could've been lost.