Paul, Barry, Thanks for your responses, they were very helpful. Can I get the Export function to only export one SubFolder from the "Folders on My Computer" at a time rather than taking all of my mail? I keep different items in different SubFolders and would like to be able to Export / Import each as needed. For example, I store much of my mail in monthly folders that I'd like to get "rid" of every 2-3 months. I used to do this on my Windows machine by creating separate .pst files for each month. >From what I can see, Export wants to take all of my mail - it only gives me the choice to select by Category, which doesn't help here. Thanks, sgr
> From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:12:02 -0700 > To: Entourage Mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files > > As far as I know .rge mail archives actually are an aggregate of mbox files. > The plus would be all the extra Entourage-only metadata, such as you want, > attached to the messages. The minus would be that only Entourage can open > .rge files as such. So if you're planning to export the mail in a form that > can be used in some other program, or easily opened in a text editor, make a > simple .mbox. If you're planning to use it back in Entourage and want all > that extra information - i.e. - to recreate the folder exactly as it was > before, with links, correct accounts, categories, etc. - use the .rge > archiving. (In an emergency, I'm guessing that opening a .rge mail file in a > text editor would still be able to access the text of messages, but I > haven't tried it yet. Just guessing.) > > -- > Paul Berkowitz > MVP MacOffice > Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> > AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> > > PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - > **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions > otherwise. > > >> From: Stephen Rayment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:29:38 -0400 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files >> >> Barry, Remo, >> Thanks to both for your helpful comments. >> Sorry if I sounded harsh - just frustrated ;-) >> I am only now just learning about 2004's Archive capability. >> What are the pluses and minuses of saving to a .mbox vs a .rge. >> sgr >> >> >> >>> From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:31:19 +0100 >>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files >>> >>> 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/> >>> >> >> -- >> 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/>
