OK, thanks.
Individual mailboxes should be fine, as I have seen them with tens of thousands of emails in them without slowing anything down after the initial sync. The actual inbox is the normal culprit for slowness.
I wouldn't move/remove the Mail Data folders, as that can totally hose the entire Mail application and account setup. Where did you see those steps?
If you move the emails to mailboxes locally on your Mac, in the On My Mac section of the sidebar in Mail, those will not be synced with the server any longer, and will not cause any slowness once they are indexed by Spotlight. However, they will no longer be visible on your other devices or via webmail, since the are no longer stored on the server. Make sure you keep a current Time Machine or other backup of your Mac so you don't lose them.
Who is the other email provider?
C
Hi Cory,OK, thanks.
Individual mailboxes should be fine, as I have seen them with tens of thousands of emails in them without slowing anything down after the initial sync. The actual inbox is the normal culprit for slowness.
I wouldn't move/remove the Mail Data folders, as that can totally hose the entire Mail application and account setup. Where did you see those steps?
If you move the emails to mailboxes locally on your Mac, in the On My Mac section of the sidebar in Mail, those will not be synced with the server any longer, and will not cause any slowness once they are indexed by Spotlight. However, they will no longer be visible on your other devices or via webmail, since the are no longer stored on the server. Make sure you keep a current Time Machine or other backup of your Mac so you don't lose them.
Who is the other email provider?
C
No worries.
Before you stop using Shaw, they may have a way to forward your email to your iCloud account. You can then slowly transition to iCloud, and possibly set a signature in your iCloud account to let everyone know your new email address.
-Create and use email signatures in Mail on Mac
-Create an email signature in Mail on iCloud.com
Hope that helps,
C
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