1.. From the file menu, select 'New > Custom View' 2. Enter 'Big Messages' in the 'Name' Box
3. For item types, select 'Messages' 4. For 'Location' select 'All Folders' and check the 'Include Deleted Items' box 5. For criteria, set 'Size', 'Is greater than', and enter 2048 in the text box for the number of Kb 6. Click 'OK', and the custom view will be saved in the 'Mail Views' part at the bottom of the folder listing. Select this, and wait for the messages to be scanned. -- 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 09:07:07 -0400 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: losing Entourage weight and kept if off! > > 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/> > -- 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/>
