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    <desc>How to export mail data from <app>Evolution</app>.</desc>

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      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
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<title>Exporting mail data</title>

<p>To save an email to a file in <link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox">mbox</link> format, select an email and click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Save as mbox…</gui></guiseq> or right-click on the message and click <gui>Save as mbox…</gui>.</p>

<p>The same steps apply to save a complete mail folder, but you have to mark all messages in it first.</p>
<p>You can select all messages in a folder by clicking <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Select All</gui></guiseq> or pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>A</key></keyseq>.</p>

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