[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: [MacLaw] Mail archiving and handling - more info from local mug

[Victoria L. Herring]

Interesting...more info from the MacLaw group - thus, Spotlight might 
easily search them...you might not need to open again inside Mail

>
>  >> I've just tried a bunch of things with Mail and discovered this:
>>>
>>>  1-If you make a folder in Mail, you can right click on it and choose
>>>  'archive', which creates an archive that seems to only be accessible
>>>  when you re-import it into Mail.
>
>Out of curiosity I tried this, using Mail.app running on OS 10.5.2.
>The archive is not accessible solely through Mail.app. It's actually
>a directory containing the mbox file for the folder you archived,
>along with a table of contents file. You can open them in any text
>editor.
>
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>Dave Markowitz, Esq. AIM: dmarkowitz527
>Network Consulting & PC Support

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