On or near 9/26/03 8:51 AM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> On 9/26/03 7:59 AM, "Dan Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to find mail folder data sizes in Entourage X 10.1.4, other
>> than dragging them out and creating MBOX files and getting info on that?
>
> AppleScript. 'data size' will get the size of each message, and AppleScript
> is good at getting every message in the folder and totaling them up.
set msgSizes to data size of every message of folder_whatever
Should get a list of message sizes; then loop thru the list with a repeat,
adding them up. The size is in bytes; if you want it in K, divide by 1024.
>>
>> Also, I would like to do incremental message archiving without using
>> Filemaker or iData Pro (the latter of which I'd possibly consider using if
>> it weren't a dead ender). I would like the archives to be able to be copied
>> to CD-ROM and be somewhat searchable. I know I can drag folders out as MBOX
>> files and then drag them back in to search them, but are there any other
>> alternatives? Could I use OS X's "Find" utility to search my message
>> archives if they are MBOX files?
>
> Sure. Why not? MBOX files are merely text files following a certain format.
> Or use any text editor, like TextEdit, BBEdit, etc. With a Find function.
>
Bbedit's search is the fastest search, and can search MBOX files; but you
will probably want to use "Find all" to present you with a list of
occurences. I don't think Finder's "Find" will do full text searches
efficiently, if at all. You might consider "Hog Bay Notebook," currently an
actively developed product, whose search is AMAZINGLY fast. However, you'd
need to import your text files into its database.
>> If not, is there any easy way to
>> incrementally archive individual messages?
>
> Probably, but it sounds like a lot of trouble to me.
>
I believe the $20 shareware product Entourage Email Archive will do this.
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14011>
I have a script that archives to FileMaker, selecting by date, and I could
extract the selection code for you. Actually, I have a version that selects
messages by date, copies to a temporary Entourage folder, and then saves
that folder as an mbox file, after which it deletes the copies of the
messages...if you are interested. I never use it. As is, no guarantee; you
might have to alter it to make it work as you want.
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