On 3/6/01 2:18 PM, "Christian M. M. Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/6/01 4:10 PM, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Yeah, we probably ought to just drop this thread, but before I do:
>>>
>>>> Before replying (me included), ask yourself if you are offering a
>>>> suggestion
>>>> that addresses the posters problem, OR a relevant comment about the
>>>> Entourage application and its use/extension/etc.
>>>
>>> Um, gee, I thought suggesting an archive solution to get around the two hour
>>> search problem Eric experienced *was* a relevant suggestion about Entourage
>>> and its use/extension.
>>
>> The various suggestions for interesting extensions and other capabilities
>> that can be added via Applescript and other third party utilities is often
>> interesting, and I may take advantage of some of them in the future.
>>
>> In this case, however, the issue is a major deficiency regarding core
>> operation of the product. In such cases, I don't regard extensions, third
>> party software, or Applescripts as an appropriate solution. I paid good
>> money for the product, and expect commonly used capabilities and advertised
>> features to operate in a reasonable manner.
>
> And has anyone noted that two hours for a search on a reasonable size Erage
> DB is not normal? Presumably there are other difficulties with the person's
> DB. It certainly doesn't take me that long to perform similar searches.
The service release for Entourage will address a problem in search speed
that will make it *much* faster if you have pure HTML messages in your
database.
Dan
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