Thanks! I do weekly disk backups onto an enternal drive as well, but what
I'd like to be able to do isuse the seperate Entourage backup to move
between desktop and laptop when I travel and may need to access older
messages on the go. I was using Email Archiver for Claris Emailer and I
notice there is a new version that supports Entourage - but I just
downloaded it, registered it and imported my old Email Archive DB (my Claris
Emailer archives from the 1998-2000) and the field mapping is all wrong, so
I am reluctant to use it on Entourage which has my more critical recent
messages. If I decide to give it a try, is there a way I can have it archive
Entourage from the BACKUP folder that I just created with this script? In
case something goes wrong, since I understand that the Archiver moves all
your archived messages to the trash and it would be hell refiltering all
those messages into their proper folders.
If Archiver does work, I can simply move copy that database over when I
travel.
Laurie
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> On or near 3/10/01 7:00 AM, Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
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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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