On 8/25/03 9:56 PM, "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/25/03 8:55 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> (Unsaved) attachments are stored >> internally in the database and will be copied fine along with the rest of >> identity's database. > > Now I'm even MORE puzzled. My folder structure, mail server configs, etc. > are the same on all three Macs. In each instance, inside the > > ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data > > folder there is a folder called "Saved Attachments". I didn't create this > folder, nor did I ever save things to it intentionally. I HAVE decompressed > attachments from mailed messages, and perhaps that's how things get into > that folder. If you don't select "Save" for a particular attachment but just double-click it, it gets saved to Saved Attachments. (If it's one of those graphic attachments that is displayed automatically without clicking anything, it's saved to the Entourage Temp folder, and disappears when you quit Entourage.) But that's not relevant here. The attachment does not disappear from the database nor the message in which it's embedded as, for example, Claris Emailer and Eudora do/did. > >> You are talking about all sorts of locations for the "Main Identity" folde > > Actually, I have it located precisely at the same point in the hierarchy on > each of the three Macs, and my username is the same on all three, so I don't > know how you inferred this. You referred to having the Main Identity on the DeskTop of your "desktop" computer. That seemed to indicate to me that it wasn't in the office X Identities subfolder of the MUD folder. Did you mean something else? > >> You're doing something wrong in your setup that's making you use the MUD >> folder, or the Main Identity subfolder, in the other computer, instead of >> its own computer. That could be causing the slowdown. > > Now if only I could figure out what that "something" is. Nigel Stranger > asked if I'm running a rule that invokes a script. I do have such, using > Spamsieve. Since my ISP filters my mail, I'm going to try turning that off > and see if it solves the problem. I'll post my findings. Yes, I think Nigel got that right. You'd have to reconfigure SpamSieve for each computer. I don't have it, so I don't know if you'd need to do it every time. If your ISP does a good job of server-side filtering (as mine does, which is why I don't need SpamSieve so far), you'll manage with that. > > Diane suggested using an IMAP server. Unfortunately, my ISP doesn't offer > this, and I'm trying to keep my database of composed and sent messages the > same on all three Macs as well, so that wouldn't be a solution anyway. Yes it would. That is the whole point (almost) of IMAP. Your Drafts folder and Sent Items folder and all other folders are on the server, accessible from all 3 computers. When you save a draft, it can be saved to the server Drafts folder; when you send off a message, it can get saved to the server Sent Items folder. (These are optional IMAP account settings that almost everyone uses.) You never have to mess with synchronizing again. I'd suggest you find an ISP that will provide IMAP. (When your server mailbox fills up, you save old messages to local folders or archive them to MBOX files. You could do that on all 3 computers if you wanted to.) > > Thanks much for everyone's suggestions. > > Jim Robertson -- Paul Berkowitz MVP Entourage Entourage FAQ Page: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - 2001 or X. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- 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/>
