On or near 3/10/01 7:00 AM, Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann at
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> You know there's a script that'll automate all that for you. Just put it in
> your Startup Items folder and you db will be backed up on every boot. You
> can also put it in the Shutdown Items folder, of course.
>
> Anyways - it's called Backup Entourage Data 1.1 � and you can get it at ....
> Actually I can't remember just now, but Jeff Porten, who chips in on this
> list pretty frequently, wrote it and I'm sure you can get him to either send
> it directly to you or tell you where to dl it from.
It is at: <http://applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=215>
I swear by it! Great script! It backs up my entire MUD folder in less than a
minute. Keeps a grandfather copy as well. (I keep my Erage database slim,
less than 25MB for the entire folder, by archiving weekly. Mostly I have
mail going back 2 weeks, plus "perennial" messages I want kept indefinitely.
I archive with a beta version of Carlsen's eMessage Archiver, which is still
undergoing revisions.)
Limitations: It backs up to the same disk and folder that hold the original.
So if your hard drive crashes, you lose both. You still need to back up
regularly to some alternative medium--ZIP, CD, or external hard drive. I
back up my entire hard drive to an external copy once a week. The way I look
at it, if my hard drive crashes I'll be happy to have a week-old backup. If
my mail database gets corrupted beyond recovery, I will have a one- or
two-day old copy to go to.
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Peace,
Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> XNS name: =Allen Watson
A Mac family since 1984 <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/>
Applescripts for Outlook Express and Entourage:
<http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/>
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