How do I create 'custom view for all messages larger than xMB? Shall I choose 1MB instead of 2MB? I look forward to hearing from you.
Barbara Hodge > From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:02:29 +0100 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: losing Entourage weight and kept if off! > > 1. Create a custom view for all message whose size is greater than 2mb > > 2. Sort this list by size, largest on top. > > 3. Work your way down this list, deciding which attachments you can do away > with. Save and delete those attachments. > > 4. Now quit entourage and then compact the database (note - compact, first > option in the rebuild screen - no need to do a rebuild). > > How much weight have you lost? > > > -- > 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: Barbara Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:36:54 -0400 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: losing Entourage weight and kept if off! >> >> My 2004 Data file (in Microsoft User Data) is 918 MB. My problem is that >> when backing up (I follow my G%'s suggestions of creating a .dmg file) the >> file becomes 1,000 MB. Too large for a CD. So I archive it via the Finder >> tool bar, and it turns into 463 MB - so I can file it on disk. >> >> My question: what can I do to make the data file smaller and more >> manageable? I have been following your discussions, but think I am a few >> steps behind in terms of where you guys are starting the debate. >> >> Barbara >> >> G5 Tower, OS 10.3.9 >> >> Office 2004 , E'rage 11.1.0 >> >> >>> From: Carsten Ortmann DR �STJYLLAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:15:29 +0200 >>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: SV: How I Lost 30 pounds of excess Entourage weight and kept if >>> off! >>> >>> Michael Kobb wrote: >>> >>>> Along this topic, I did a little experiment. >>>> >>>> I let Mail import my entire Entourage database. >>> >>> How did you do that? In a thread on this list I have asked for help doing >>> just >>> that. Can you help me? >>> >>> >>> ******************************************************* >>> Carsten Ortmann / DR �stjylland/ Kultur >>> 8739 7472 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> http://www.dr.dk/kulturnyt >>> http://www.dr.dk/p1morgen >>> >>> >>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >>> Fra: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P� vegne af Michael J. Kobb >>> Sendt: 3. juni 2005 00:26 >>> Til: Entourage:mac Talk >>> Emne: Re: How I Lost 30 pounds of excess Entourage weight and kept if off! >>> >>> Took it several hours, as >>> it's quite a large database (~1GB). I did this in another user account, >>> just so it would be easy to purge, but I can't see any reason why I couldn't >>> have done it in my regular account. >>> >>> Then, I tried using Spotlight to search my database. FANTASTIC. Blazing, >>> blazing fast. >>> >>> I think what I may do at this point is prune my Entourage down to only the >>> last 6 months or so, and then try to figure out the easiest way to do this >>> import on a periodic basis. >>> >>> By the way, I was expecting the create-a-zillion-files approach of the new >>> Mail to bloat the size tremendously, but it didn't. The Mail folder is >>> about 980MB, and contains everything that was in Entourage except for my >>> deleted items and the calendar and contacts (both of which are pretty minor >>> compared to my email). >>> >>> Of course, this each-message-is-a-file approach for Mail would also hugely >>> speed up incremental backups if I were using Mail as my main client. If I >>> do prune my Erage database, that'll at least help. >>> >>> I still greatly prefer Entourage over Mail as a client, but the search >>> feature really, really DESPERATELY needs improvement in performance. >>> >>> --Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Sequoia, >>>> >>>> Two problems with this: 1) I was wrong about the database size, as Paul >>>> pointed out, and 2) I made a distinction between removing and deleting >>>> attachments which may or may not be valid. See below. >>>> >>>>> 1. Removing attachments is a good idea, but they won't get removed (make >>>>> the >>>>> DB smaller) until DB is compacted. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure that the distinction I made between removing and deleting an >>>> attachment is valid. Could someone speak to this please: >>>> >>>> If you Remove an attachment (say, to the desktop), does the space it >>>> occupied in the database remain "occupied"? IOW, is Removing an attachment >>>> effectively the same as Deleting it, where the database is concerned? IOW, >>>> to reclaim the space previously occupied by Removing an attachment, is it >>>> necessary to do a Compact (just like if you Deleted it)? >>>> >>>>> 2. DB has a limit of 4 gigs, or 1 million objects (and objects include >>>>> many >>>>> other things besides emails and attachments) >>>> >>>> DB has no size limit in terms of gigs; as for number of objects, see Paul's >>>> explanation. >>>> >>>> Sorry for the confusion. >>>> >>>> Beth >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/>
