Where are my Mail messages?

February 8, 2009 10:10 AM

I am using Mail on OS 10.5.2. I have several mailboxes as well as subfolders. If I put messages in a mailbox that has subfolders, these messages do not appear when I look for them in the Finder. I'll try to be clearer inside.

So for instance I have in Mail this local mailbox called let's say School, with subfolders in it called Courses and Teaching. If I put messages in the School mailbox (not in its subfolders), I can't find them in the Finder (They should be in Users\ddaavviidd\Library\Mail\Mailboxes\School\, but there are only subfolders in this mailbox). I'm just worried that I don't back up these messages, as they don't appear in the Finder. Any idea where they are? And also if I should class them differently to make sure they are backed up?
I read something on the net about blue and white folders, but mine are all blue. And they are local folders (all pop accounts).

posted by ddaavviidd to computers & internet (2 comments total)

They'll be backed up, Mail stores all of its local folders on disk, even if you can't find them.

I'm not on a Mac just now, but am pretty sure you're looking in the wrong place. The top-level folders will be stored in eg /users/ddaavviidd/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/school.mbox (Mail doesn't use mboxes anymore, but you get the idea).
posted by bonaldi at 10:43 AM on February 8

Wow - that was easy! I got confused because many of my mailboxes have similar names. They are exactly where you said they were... Thanks bonaldi
posted by ddaavviidd at 11:43 AM on February 8