Archiving via mailbox

[Bruce Sanderson]

Title: Archiving via mailbox

I have been unable to get the archive to filemaker script to work for me.

My main reason for wanting to archive is to enable me to move out old mail messages that I want to keep and yet copy the MUD folder from my laptop to my Cube.  Entourage on the laptop is the primary input point for changes to the calendar and address book and I want to keep these up to date on the Cube.  However the Cube is the primary point for mail coming in and out.  

If I copy the whole database from the laptop to the Cube (which is the only way because of the single database) in order to capture on the Cube the latest calendar and address data, mail messages on the Cube will be lost by being overwritten – is that not so?.

Well, what if I were first to drag the desktop mail folders to the Cube’s desktop where they they will be converted to [mailbox?] format and then copy the MUD folder over from the laptop.  Would the mail folders created on the Cube desktop survive and would I then be able to drag them back into Entourage on the Cube?  

I am a bit apprehensive about trying this in case it fails.  Has anyone tried this?

Bruce Sanderson