On 4/20/02 1:57 PM, "Harry Zink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just did a complex rebuild, simply because I haven't done any sort of > optimize or rebuild in a long time. This is not smart and we would never recommend it. A complex rebuild is a last resort. You must find other things to do with your time when you're bored. > Well, it finished, and now *ALL* items from my inbox have disappeard. Gone. > Zilch. > > Needless to say, my first impulse was that I was 'not very happy' (in other > words, I was ready to scream at someone - fortunately, after claming myself > for 10 minutes, I'm able to compose this). > > I'm noticing the following 'new' issues after this complex rebuild: > > - Entourage now takes roughly a minute to launch - up from roughly 10 > seconds previously. > > - I lost my entire InBox (luckily I transferred most to an archive recently, > but that still means that I lost roughly 1,500 messages, some of them pretty > damn important.) > > I will withhold full-on flaming regarding the cause of this, but I would > like to seriously get to the bottom of this, and know: > > - is this some kind of feature? > - are the lost messages recoverable? > - will this be greeted by silence? > - is this an Office v.X innovation, or can this happen > under Entourage 2001 as well? > - what other *reliable* mail client is there out there? Entourage makes a backup of your old file when doing rebuilds. I suggest throwing away your rebuilt file and using the old one. -- 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/>
