On or near 6/1/02 7:25 AM, Paul Grimshaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > I'm sure this has been addressed many times before but I have two questions: > > 1) is there a way to merge two entourage (X) CONTACT databases and delete > any duplicates? > I have a pair of scripts that help, although it still takes time and human intervention. One script, "Duplicates Report", will create a report of all duplicates (simple match of name and E-mail address), and also optionally will assign the category "Duplicate" to each of them.
Then, you select all the category "Duplicate" contacts in the Address Book and sort by name. You'll see a list of matched pairs. Select one pair, and run the second script: "Merge Contacts". This takes the two contacts, merges the information in them, and then flags one of them for deletion. When you are done processing pairs, you can delete all the flagged ones. If you are certain that any duplicates are total duplicates, that is, no need to merge any data from one set to the other, you could just select every other contact in the list of duplicates and hit the Delete key. Scripts can be found at AppleScript Central, or on my scripts site in the Contacts subfolder: <http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Entourage%20v%20 X/Contacts/> You'll find the Duplicates Report script in the "Lookup/Use" folder and the merge script in the "Modify" folder. > 2) What is the best way to archive entourage (X) mail? > In my opinion, the best way is John Carlsen's shareware package, eMessage Archiver. See details at: <http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11969&db=mac> You can also archive by drag and drop, just dragging folders to the desktop. Barry W recently posted a script to archive all your folders at once in this way. (Does not select only recent messages; archives everything in the folder.) -- My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> My scripts page: <http:homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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/>
