31,582 messages covering Jan. 2004 to Oct. 2008. That includes inbox and sent mail, and both the inbox and sent messages are archived by month. My inbox currently contains 786 message from Nov. 1 to date, and by sent box is contains 701 messages for a similar period. That does not include spam, which I delete as i receive it ... I generally get 250 to 300 pieces of spam per day.
I back it all up using Time Machine (I'm on a Mac).
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