Hello All, I was reading about the compacting of the Database, and wondered how big mine was. 146.8 Mb, after rebuilding 44.1 Mb? Hows that for a difference?
Does this indicate a problem? Over to the experts now. Geoff WALLACE Melbourne Victoria Australia Mobile 0412 056 033 Sent on an iMac using Entourage version 9.2 On 25/2/02 2:53 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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/>
