Thanks for your post on this thread:
From: Eddie Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:33:14 -0800
Subject: Re: Latest word on Entourage archiving
Why not use Entourage 2004's Export command in the File menu?
D’oh! I never saw that before. (Is it new with the 2004 version?)
Hmmm, that menu item brings up a Wizard to create “an Entourage archive” with a .rge extension. I guess this is different from a MBOX file. More importantly, it looks like a 100% backup of whatever components are chosen.
I tried to run this to back up just mail, and (!) to not delete anything. It saved about 34 MB of mails then put Entourage into a funny state, from which the only escape appeared to be “force quit” .
Not a confidence-building demonstration. Though I am pleased to report that all my active emails were saved and the database appears intact.
What I can’t tell from this demonstration is the degree of compaction. If a .rge archive of a 1 GB database is under 100 Mb, then I can imagine going ahead with this method. If the savings is only on the order of 20%, it isn’t really worth it.
I’m going to look closer at the alternative, exporting individual folders to MBOX format... per another response.
Thanks,
Henry
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On 1/5/05 8:19 PM, henryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MacOS 10.3.x, Entourage 2004.
>
> I did some research last year on the best way to archive Entourage mail.
> Now, 400 MB later,... My database file is now really getting big.
>
> I've got separate inboxes for each of the last 7 years. The chances of
> needing to reference an email older than, say, 2 years is almost nil, but
> not zero. Likewise for attachments.
>
> Similar story for Sent Items.
>
> Ideally, there's a way of archiving off most of this stuff without losing
> any data and without too much trouble to either archive or retrieve. Of
> course, reliability is of high importance.
