Where do I find my saved email?

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Where do I find my saved email

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Re: Where do I find my saved email

To go to the folder that holds your OS X Mail messages:

1. Open a new window in OS X Finder.
2. Select Go | Go to Folder… from the menu.
   • ​You can also press Command-Shift-G.
3. Type: ~/Library/Mail/V2
4. Press Enter.

You can find your folders and messages in sub-folders to the V2 folder:

• Local mailboxes are in the Mailboxes sub-folder.
• POP email accounts can be found in sub-folders with POP- in their name.
• IMAP accounts' mailboxes are in sub-folder that have IMAP- in their name.

The messages are stored in .mbox folders, one per OS X Mail email folder. Open and explore these folders to discover (and open or copy) the emails saved as .emlx files.