The article is going to describe which settings you need to archive Gmail directly in Mail Archiver.
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If you want to archive iCloud emails directly in Mail Archiver then you have to use an application specific password. After you have created such a password you can use it in Mail Archiver.
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During my fun with Mail where it ballooned a mailbox to 25 GB I tried to export the emails. This failed to solve the problem. But sometimes exporting is a valid troubleshooting method. Mail offers different methods for exporting. Mail being Mail has always had problems with pesky details like counting. So it's not a surprise that each export method has slightly different results.
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Mail for Ventura finally adds three features that have been available for other email clients for a longer time. It's possible to schedule sending emails (Send Later). I can set myself a reminder for a specific email and I can undo sending an email.
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Mail Archiver comes with 3 print templates when archiving to PDF. If you want to have a different look for your PDFs then you can change the existing print templates and make your own version.
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When I had the fun with Mail screwing up my main account I archived on my MacBook Air. Afterwards I copied the file to my iMac. But when I tried to open the archive I got an error message that the file was read-only. I was able to fix the problem with the free app BatChmod.
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After moving around a couple of thousand emails in Mail it had a hissy fit and made me 300k emails in a mailbox. I had hours of fun fixing the problem.
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Mail has filters (called "Smart Mailboxes") and rules. A filter is for doing more complex searching like search for emails from a specific persons in the last 4 weeks. A rule is an action like moving specific emails from the Inbox to another mailbox. In Gmail filters and rules are handled together.
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Mail Archiver can export your emails into mbox format. Mail is very picky what it imports. Eml files work better than mbox files. Postbox only imports files with a special structure. Outlook doesn't import mbox or eml files at all.
But you can easily upload your emails to an IMAP account.
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