On 8/13/04 6:25 AM, "Remo Del Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/12/04 4:57 PM, Allen Watson deftly typed out: > >> Switch to your alternate identity; drag the archive file from the desktop >> back into Entourage (or onto the Erage dock icon); say Yes to importing. It >> will show up as a new folder in your folder list. This method does retain >> the read/unread status, actual received time, and so on. It may not retain >> category; it certain will not if the new identity has no categories defined. >> I have not tried it after defining categories, but I doubt it will work. > > I don't believe this method will save the information Stephen wants to save. > The MBOX files Entourage creates contain no status information or category > assignments, so they can't possibly be retained. And Entourage's "Received" > time is the time the message is added to the Database, not the time in the > topmost Received header. That's the reason you and Barry were working on > that script to reassign the Received time. > > I don't think that what Stephen is asking for is possible without an > AppleScript that saves that information in a secondary export file that can > then be read in by another script to assign the values to the newly imported > messages. I still have to question the necessity of it all, though... Right. I've been following this thread with interest, since it didn't make sense to me. AFAIK, Entourage's new "Archive" saves all items in standard formats (message folders as mbox, contacts as vCards, etc.) and, as Remo says, mboxes do not keep that proprietary information. Having not done any mail archives, I took someone's word here that the .rge files did somehow store this info. But I'm not at all surprised to find that they don't. Now, you could get my "Export-Import Entourage X" scripts (they work also with 2004). The "Messages Export X" and "Message Import X" scripts, applied to folders one at a time, will indeed store most of the info you want in a support file, and will recreate it all when you import back in with Messages Import X. It has Received, Replied-To, etc. etc. It will export and import messages with all message categories (even custom categories applied manually or by Rule after messages were received), sent and read status, flags and priority all intact. They also set the Account of received messages properly to the account which uses the same email address in the importing identity as in the exporting identity, if present here, so that replies go out from the correct email address (to which they were sent) and not always from your default account. But it doesn't have links, since the items it used to link to may no longer exist, or may have different ID numbers if you've done a rebuild in the meantime (certainly the case for messages being recreated by the script). You can get "Export-Import Entourage X" (shareware) at MacScripter.net <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> -- 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. -- 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/>
