Re: Archiving and Entourage X

[Diane Ross]

On 9/24/01 1:10 PM, "Adam J. Boettiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Allen Watson wrote:
>> I use an external archiving package (Carlsen's eMessage Archiver). However,
>> one method my friend Diane Ross advocates, that I keep meaning to give a
>> serious try, is to use dual identities within Entourage. For example, just
>> create an identity called Archive. When you want to archive a folder of
>> messages, drag it to the Desktop; switch identities to Archive; drag the
>> folder back into your folder list. Bingo! You've archived them. Switch back
>> to your main identity and delete the messages there.
> 
> Interesting.  I'll try that today.  Thanks Allen.  I wonder if having two
> identities will indeed allow one of them to operate faster since
> theoretically it will only need to access a smaller database.  Also wonder
> at what point the Archives identity will become unmanageable.  I realize
> this will vary by machine and RAM, but I've found that there is a limit to
> the amount of messages that one can drag and drop to the desktop and then
> reimport or burn on a CDR.  Ultimately it can become quite a time intensive
> process...
> 
> AB

FWIW my archive identity is 163MB. I also created a separate archive
identity for work related mail thatıs 132MB.

Since these Identities are rarely open when a crash occurs they are less
likely to be subject to problems. Plus it's easy to keep a backup. I archive
once a month and then create a backup of the archive. It's hard to loose
this way.

If you have LOTS of mail, I suggest creating a new Identity every year to
reduce size.

Sounds like you are not dragging into an identity before burning. I don't
understand what/why you are burning folders of MBOX files.

The real chore is backing up daily mail. Options for this are to leave mail
on the server for X days. Then on the X day, do a backup of your MUD folder.
There is a script to backup MUD  that is  fast. I used to have it in my
startup folder under OS 9, but now that I'm in X, I never startup to run it.

Diane


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