No, Allen, I have not tried rebuilding the database yet. Since we have spent months creating dozens of categories for all the messages, I was afraid we might lose the categories in a rebuild. Is that a problem? Or should I just go ahead and do a rebuild?
Thanks, Walt > From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:59:21 -0700 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Inconsistent problems > > I'm not clear on what you may have already tried. Have you rebuilt the > database? Because these problems you describe sure sound to me like database > corruption. > > Remember that you can do a rebuild and, if it somehow fails or makes things > worse, the original, unrebuilt database is still available; you can revert > simply by deleting the rebuilt one and renaming the original (which had the > date appended to its name by the rebuild process). > > On or near 6/25/04 3:41 AM, Walt Hopkins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > >> Hello, >> >> Diane, thanks for all the work on the website. I have found some answers >> there. >> >> What I'm now struggling with does not appear to be there. >> >> If you have a long memory you may remember that I am working to get my >> database simplified and categorised before archiving it. My assistant has >> been working on this for 18 months now and we are approaching the final >> stages. >> >> I am running Ev X 10.1.4 on a PowerBook G4 running 10.3.4. My assistant is >> running Ev X 10.1.4 on an iBook G3 running 10.2.8. >> >> We have moved the database back and forth several times while she adds more >> categories and photos. Then I take it back and she moves Mbox files in and >> out to synch things. >> >> This has worked well until the latest transfer. Suddenly the database on her >> machine is running into problems, but not consistently. >> >> Three specific contacts trigger a crash with the message Mail Error (which I >> can't find on the website's error list). >> >> Other times it does not crash but the following things happen: >> >> --preview pane doesn�t show message but message can be viewed by >> double-clicking >> >> --if preview pane IS still working, message sticks (showing previous message >> in preview pane rather than the next one on the list as you move) >> >> --categories on a contact which can be opened cannot be changed >> >> --messages cannot be moved from folder to folder (or deleted) >> >> >> All these things go away eventually (after an hour or a day of waiting) but >> then if any of these three contacts are tried again, the whole thing blows >> up again. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks!! >> >> Walt >> > > > -- > 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/>
