Some clarification: Both Typical and Advanced rebuild now complain about End of File.
on 11/13/01 4:51 PM, Rick Mann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been running Entourage (with the Service Release 1) for a long time now > (since it was released). Never any problems, until now. > > I've been Running Mac OS X (10.1, w/the update). Yesterday I booted back > into 9.2.1 for some testing. I was running Entourage like I normally do. Got > home, woke up my PowerBook (G4), and switched locations to "Home". This, > among other things, runs a script to change the SMTP server in my Entourage > accounts and removes an account from the Send/Receive schedule. > > Every thing worked fine. I woke up the PowerBook the next morning, Entourage > tried to connect (I think it actually downloaded some messages), and > complained about "End of File". Subsequent attempts to retrieve messages > kept getting the same error. > > So I quit and re-launched. On startup, Entourage complained about "End of > File". I tried a Typical rebuild. Entourage complains that there is not > enough disk space to save the database. The entire folder is 215 MB, and > there are 1.3 GB free on disk. > > So I tried an Advanced rebuild. It complained about "End of File", then said > that any errors other than out-of-memory errors probably indicate that the > DB cannot be rebuilt. > > I've tried removing files, one at a time, from the Main Identity folder and > re-starting Entourage. I determined that the files it's complaining about > are either the DB or the DB cache (when I remove them, Entourage launches > normally; it does not, however, show my my mail). > > If I remove those files and rebuild, Entourage does not find my email. > > I have many contacts that I'd like to not lose. Most of them are in my Palm > V, but the Palm V doesn't organize the data quite the same way. > > All my email is POP. I have a couple dozen rules, a couple dozen List > handlers, and a couple dozen mailboxes. > > If the Microsoft engineer responsible for the Entourage DB is lurking, I'll > take you flying in my airplane if you can help me repair the damage and > recover my contacts, schedule and email. Thanks! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Roderick L. Mann "When once you have tasted flight, you [EMAIL PROTECTED] will forever walk the Earth with your http://latencyzero.com/ eyes turned skyward, for there you 650 508-9600 home have been, and there you will 650 576-7170 cell always long to return." 650 610-5212 office -- DaVinci -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
