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How does Apple Mail archive work?
Mail creates an Archive mailbox in the Mail sidebar for each account whose messages you’re archiving, and moves the messages there. To view them, click the mailbox. Archived messages remain there until you delete or move them.
How many emails can Mac handle?
The maximum number of recipients per message (500 recipients) The size of incoming and outgoing messages (20MB, up to 5GB with Mail Drop turned on)
How do I keep all my emails on my Mac?
Save emails as files or PDFs in Mail on Mac
- In the Mail app on your Mac, select one or more messages or conversations.
- Choose how you want to save the messages. Save messages as files: Choose File > Save As, then choose a format. Rich Text Format retains formatting (such as bold and italics), but Plain Text does not.
What is the maximum file size for Mac Mail?
5 GB
With macOS Mail and iCloud Mail Drop, you can send files up to 5 GB in size via email. Setting up your Mail app for Mail Drop is easy.
Why is my Mac downloading thousands of emails?
This message means your Mail app is syncing across your various email accounts. Even though it uses the term downloading it’s actually checking for any syncing between accounts. So, the words of wisdom here are: IGNORE IT.
Is there a way to archive emails on a Mac?
Click the Archive button in the Mail toolbar (or use the Touch Bar). If you set the “Move discarded messages” option to Archive in Viewing preferences in Mail, you can archive messages from Mail notifications.
Where is the Archive folder on my Mac?
Archive appears to be a local (on-my-mac) folder which removes the emails from IMAP. We are 3 people using one IMAP account (support email), moving emails to a local archive folder on my Mac prevents other two co-workers to have access to all emails received.
Where are my emails stored on my Mac?
As we mentioned earlier, copies of your email messages are stored locally on your Mac when you use the Archive feature. Unfortunately, they’re just not that easy to get to. They’re buried in a folder in the macOS Library and the archive itself uses a .mbox file extension. You can access with the following steps. Open a Finder window.
How do you create an archive in mail?
In fact, it’s just a two-step process. Open a message in Mail. Click on the Archive icon in the top menu bar. It’ll look like a cardboard box with a straight line across it. At this point, Mail will automatically create a new Mailbox called Archive.