On 2/22/02 10:04 AM, "Richard Perlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am new to this list, so this topic may have been addressed - if so, could > someone send me the appropriate postings. > > Background: > I am running OSX 1.1.2 and Entourage X 10.0.1 (1331) > > I use IMAP connecting to the standard UW imapd server running on FreeBSD > > I am subscribed to around 200 mailboxes on the imap server but I only check > for messages in my INBOX folder. I do have Live Sync turned on, only for > the inbox. > > The problem: > At random intervals, around once every day or two, my inbox mail list > display will have missing messages. In other words, where the message > should be, I see the background pattern. Very shortly thereafter, Entourage > will crash. About 1/2 the time a normal rebuild will fix the problem, and > about 1/2 the time I have to do the Advanced Rebuild. Once or twice neither > worked. Fortunately, I have started backing up the Entourage database every > 20 minutes in a cronjob. This is quite mysterious. What do you mean by "background pattern"? What sort of IMAP server have you got? Try turning off Live Sync. it sees to be causing various problems. As long as you leave on "Check for mail in subscribed folders" and "Download complete messages" you'll be OK - every time you click on the Inbox (plus whenever Send & Receive All is run) you'll get new messages. If there are supposed to be new messages which you don't see, first try pressing command-L (Refresh); if that doesn't do much, then try option-command-L (special Refresh - undocumented, and very effective). > > I have reported this to MS, and their response is "every database can get > corrupted." But, I have also heard rumors that this is a known problem. > > Also, the database seems to grow no matter what I do - even emptying the > message cache does not seem to reduce the db size, which is now at 1.3G. I > have observed that crashes seem to increase in proportion with db size. Most of the time, there's no point. It better for your hard disk just to leave the empty space in the Database file - it will soon fill up anyway, and it's not so great to keep rewriting over it. But at 1.3 GB, yes - you could empty the cache, then do a Typical rebuild. That should give you a smaller Database file. -- 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/>
