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Thanks for the clarity. Appreciated. As...

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Thanks for the clarity. Appreciated. As...

Thanks for the clarity. Appreciated.

As you say, my mileage varies… What I’d really like is a literal archive file of all 2006 messages (received/sent) that can be indexed and searched independent of my 2007 working bucket of bits. Same for 2005, 2004 and so on. For some it might be by month or by topic or whatever… I simply need a smaller Mail.app file for my mailbox. It’s getting unwieldy and it’s been a lifesaver having the stuff so easily accessible. CYA type stuff if you hadn’t guessed.

How to use a single Mail.app Archive (without losing your mind) By: Merlin Mann (46 replies) August 16, 2007 - 3:36am
  • I've been advocating an email... By: Joshua Kaufman (2007-08-16 08:19)
  • i just yesterday deleted all... By: niepi (2007-08-16 06:50)
  • I use IMAP and I... By: Jamie Phelps (2007-08-16 06:53)
  • @Jeremiah Fyffe I don’t want... By: Jamie Phelps (2007-08-16 07:03)
  • The problem I have with... By: Kirk (2007-08-16 07:10)
  • I found that the "one... By: William (2007-08-16 07:53)
  • Great article. One thing that... By: David Bradford (2007-08-16 05:04)
  • I very new to this... By: Johnny McClung (2007-08-16 05:15)
  • Beautiful! I've been working... By: Jeremiah Fyffe (2007-08-16 04:06)
  • Alright. I listened to your... By: Ben (2007-08-16 04:17)
  • I totally agree, I have... By: Rich (2007-08-16 06:38)
  • Jeremiah, I use Default Folder... By: JMTee (2007-08-16 06:19)
  • great post. i do it... By: niepi (2007-08-16 06:13)
  • This is essentially how I... By: Brad Beyenhof (2007-08-16 06:19)
  • Merliniscious goodness I have combined all... By: TjL (2007-08-16 06:01)
  • I've had one big fat... By: Ben Saunders (2007-08-16 05:51)
  • The Acceptable Exception...there definitely is... By: Schulte (2007-08-16 05:52)
  • Thanks for the clarity. Appreciated. As... By: Gerald Buckley (2007-08-16 05:45)
  • I think this is great.... By: Bedhead (2007-08-16 05:28)
  • I agree with Jeremiah in... By: gr (2007-08-16 04:38)
  • My entire history in e-mail... By: piminnowcheez (2007-08-16 04:39)
  • Great post! I took your... By: Todd V (2007-08-16 04:23)
  • Ok. Maybe you Mail.app guys... By: Lynn Becker (2007-08-20 12:46)
  • Thanks for the reminder about... By: AJ (2007-08-17 02:10)
  • I switched to this practice... By: Danny Zacharias (2007-08-17 03:36)
  • My wife gets stressed out... By: Martial (2007-08-17 05:07)
  • I started running into trouble... By: Doug Hellmann (2007-08-17 08:28)
  • I'm all new to GTD... By: Patrick McClure (2007-08-17 09:32)
  • Personally, I found that smart... By: Sprugman (2007-08-18 07:52)
  • For most purposes I found... By: Sean (2007-08-19 04:34)
  • I have a very simple... By: Chris Frampton (2007-08-20 08:15)
  • Merlin, Whatever happened to your war... By: Henrik (2007-08-16 23:46)
  • I too save email by... By: Carl (2007-08-17 00:55)
  • As for solving that "insane... By: Terrence Chouinard (2007-08-16 21:18)
  • Here's what I do, since... By: Lars Wirzenius (2007-08-16 23:46)
  • For those of you that... By: Steve Johnston (2007-08-17 03:12)
  • I think if 43 folders... By: stuart (2007-08-16 19:03)
  • When I changed jobs this... By: John (2007-08-16 16:41)
  • I have one really big... By: KevinL (2007-08-16 18:15)
  • I watched Merlin's talk at... By: Ram (2007-08-16 15:58)
  • The 'recently sent' is a... By: Jamie Hill (2007-08-16 11:47)
  • this is similar to how... By: Gavin (2007-08-16 10:22)
  • Sorry if this is old... By: Nigel (2007-08-16 11:38)
  • This is how I handle... By: Exick (2007-08-16 09:38)
  • I wonder what best practices... By: Jeroen Sangers (2007-08-16 06:46)
  • Basically, I keep the inbox... By: wd_Frank (2007-08-16 06:50)
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