[Mr Ten]

All work documents are stored on my LaCie 250 gb external hd. The only thing on the actual computer are applications.

Where are apple mail messages stored, in a batch file in the library? Pros / Cons of having them directly written to the backup HD? Can I have them auto-mirror one another so that I have a working set on the computer and a real-time backup on the HD?

Thoughts? Thanks so much.

[WrestleEwe]

If you have an IMAP server, the messages are stored there...

If you don't. Get one.

thanks, i needed that.

[faramirtook]

~/Library/Mail.

[BarracksSi]

Originally Posted by faramirtook ~/Library/Mail.

Yup -- every Mail message you've got already is stored there, in your own Library. If you back it up, you're good to go.

[Mr Ten]

Originally Posted by BarracksSi Yup -- every Mail message you've got already is stored there, in your own Library. If you back it up, you're good to go.

i always ask the stupid quick questions, lazy me, thank you.

so what's the preferred data management route as far as all things email? have a home server where all mail plops into and just access it from there, like exchange? haven't toyed with it much and am considering making a move like this. majority of domains i use are currently accessed pop3, either purchased domain names or gmail accounts.

thanks.

[BarracksSi]

I'm not qualified to answer any further, honestly -- I'll let the other guys give their tips.

All I do is move that Mail folder onto my iPod. Of course I can't read anything in it through the iPod's screen, but if I change computers (or the HD blows or whatever), all I have to do is drag it into the my new Library folder.