What is the most portable and cross-platform format to store my email backups?

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Published on 2010-03-23T15:34:15Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 15:43 UTC
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I currently use gmail, but this question is valid for any client: What is the best way to backup and store my email so that in the future I will be able to access it on a variety of platforms and clients.

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