On 1/7/02 10:54 AM, "Domains4Days.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recently I had an Entourage identity which had 10,000 e-mail's in it, and > the messages database got all the way up to 130 MB. This was after holding > down the option key during a open command and rebuilding the databases. I > believe at one point I all so performed the secondary rebuild option - which > says only do this after the first one was completed. > > Anyway after all the rebuilds - the messages database remained very near 130 > MB. Basically, this seems extensively large. In comparison, I believe > Eudora's file system is much more space affective - and 10,000 e-mail's in > the Eudora folder would be something in the neighborhood of half that file > size. > > Question 1: what's the deal with attachments ? if an e-mail comes in with an > attachment , where is that attachment stored - in the messages database? Yes. So you can get at it easily. > > Question 2: if your request to save that attachment on your desktop, do you > now have two copies of that attachment? In order to save the file size in > your Entourage messages database, would you have to hit the remove button - > and remove that attachment to save space? Yes. > > Question 3: Do the file sizes for the message database remain large even > after you have emptied the deleted mail from the deleted mail folder? Large, but empty and quick. It's a sensible way to manage your database, since the space will fairly soon fill up again with new messages. Only if you really need the hard disk space NOW, then do a Typical rebuild to compact the database. (For example, if you intend to remove all attachments from now on, then you won't need all that space - go ahead and compact. But it's not great for the database to get rebuilt every few days or anything like that.) It takes some getting used to, but it really is sensible normally not to compact, just go on deleting regularly. > > Question 4: does the Entourage program ever rebuild itself automatically, or > do you always have to hold the option key when loading it? Never automatically. It's up to you to keep an eye on it. But the files can get up to just below 2GB before crisis. It's a good idea to keep them below 1GB, I suppose, and for speed and memory to less than that. You're fine with your 135 MB. > > Question 5: Are there any general tricks for keeping the file Ent message > database sizes small? You can use an archiver and keep deleting. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
