Another possibility is find the messages you *do* want, drag them to the desktop, then trash the database and create a new one.
> From: Diane Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:49:55 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Database problem > > On 1/22/04 1:41 PM, "Phil Dobbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have a Entourage X database that contains around 350,000 messages and now >> have the need to prune virtually all of them. > > Wow! That's a lot of messages. >> >> This afternoon I transferred around 37,000 messages to Entourage's Deleted >> Items folder and then emptied it and it took around two hours. If I continue >> to employ this method, along with then rebuilding the database, I can see me >> doing little else for the next week. > > I'm assuming you are deleting messages that are older than a certain date. I > would create a custom view using this criteria. Select all the messages and > move them to your Deleted Items folder. Use the Move icon and don't try to > drag to folder. Now select messages in Deleted items and click Delete*** > > > ***You might consider creating a schedule to delete a select few each night. > I've deleted several thousand messages before not not 350,000 so am not sure > what will happen with that many. > > Be sure to make a duplicate of your identity just in case there is a > problem. > -- > Diane Ross > Mac MVP > Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > > > -- > 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/> > -- 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/>
