On or near 10/12/02 7:46 PM, Julian Vrieslander at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:
> On 10/12/02 10:17 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> You have a corrupt database. Do the Advanced Rebuild. The only data you lose
>> is links, if you have any, between Entourage objects, and the downloaded
>> copies of IMAP, Hotmail and news servers in the cache. You can just
>> download (i.e. read) them again after the rebuild. If you believe that you
>> have any crucial news messages that you really need and that just might have
>> been removed from the server, drag-copy them to regular folders first. IMAP
>> and Hotmail messages will still be on the server unless you yourself deleted
>> them( (in which case they're not in your cache either). You need to do the
>> rebuild. That's what it's for.
>
> Paul, thanks for the confirmation. My email servers are POP/SMTP. I don't
> use IMAP or Hotmail, and I don't use Entourage to access my news server.
> Does that mean that I will not lose any information?
>
Yes.
> What about links between emails and contacts, or links between emails and
> other emails? ("This is a reply to...", etc.) Do I lose that information?
> Do I lose category color coding of emails and contacts?
You lose <all> links, including those you mention, unfortunately. All
category information is preserved. But the advanced rebuild is your only
hope, given the condition of your DB.
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