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10.4: Remove some extraneous Mail mailboxes
Authored by: aamann on Jul 12, '05 12:40:39PM
The folder "CachedMessages" was used by Panther mail to store the local copies of the messages, in Tiger the folder is now called "Messages" (identical to the one used for POP mailboxes). It is thus safe to delete "*.imapmbox/Cached*" folders and Mail will not have to rebuild anything.

Tiger Mail only requires the following (POP or IMAP boxes are the same):
  • Info.plist in the (imap)mbox folder (you can delete this since this only stores sorting order and such)
  • a "Messages" folder with a bunch of *.emlx files (these are the actual messages, one file per message)
  • the SQlite3 database used by Spotlight which contains all the indexing information for all mailboxes (~/Library/Mail/EnvelopeIndex)
I also believe that the "original" hint has been posted on the Apple discussion site (which is in English so it might be easier for most people to understand).

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