Archives mails from mailboxes of the selected mail application. If you have selected "Select Mailboxes" from the Mailboxes preferences, then you will see the following dialog. With the preference options "Remember Selection" and "Archive all Mailboxes" the archival starts automatically without showing this dialog. To archive Files use the menu item "Archive Files". Then a file selection dialog is shown.
If a folder is selected all subfolders will be archived, too.
After selecting the mailboxes for archival and you have selected to create a new archive database in Valentina format, your are asked where you want to save your archive. For Filemaker the data is added to the last archive or you can select an archive now. Text and xml archives are saved to the desktop.