That's probably a little harsh. MBOX files have been around a long time - perhaps even longer than Microsoft! They are a very basic form of text file storage, so don't do anything fancy.
In entourage 2004 there is a separate 'archive' function that will preserve all the info you want, in vX you can drag individual files to the desktop (or some other Finder folder). -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > From: Stephen Rayment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:55:58 -0400 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files > > Thanks Barry. > Sounds like .mbox files are pretty useless!! > Is there any alternative other than to go back to "archiving" with .pst > files using Outlook 2001? > sgr > > >> From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:49:12 +0100 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files >> >> On 9/8/04 11:55 pm, "Stephen Rayment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> When saving a folder (containing last month's inbox) to a .mbox file and >>> then reading it back into Entourage... >>> >>> A) The Received dates get changed from the original to the date the .mbox >>> file is read into Entourage (ie. they all have today's date) >> >> This is correct - messages imported from an MBOX file are considered to be >> 'received' again - they have no relationship to their originals. >> >>> >>> B) The Read / Unread status is lost - they all show as Read >>> >>> Am I doing something wrong - Is this a known problem? - Are there any other >>> problems with mbox's? >>> >> >> That is a limitation of the mbox format - none of this information is stored >> in the mbox file. >> -- >> Barry Wainwright >> Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) >> Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: >> <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/> > -- 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/>
