Thanks Paul. Not sure if this script will help, but I'll try anything once! I took a quick look at macscripters for Barry's script, but I couldn't recognize anything that looked like it. Can somebody give me some more specifics? Many Thanks, sgr
> From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:29:53 -0700 > To: Entourage Mac Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Archiving Mailboxes > > On 6/20/05 10:13 AM, "Stephen Rayment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Like many people, I create monthly archives of my e-mail - 'cause I get too >> much! So far, I do that by creating subfolders within "Folders on My >> Computer". Then I drag the folder to/from a .mbox or use Paul Berkovitz's >> Imprt-Export scripts. This works, but is awfully time consumptive, when all >> you want to do is check a message from last June! My monthly .mbox's are >> pretty big 2-300MB. Are there any alternatives? For example, Apple Mail >> and MS Outlook for Windows allow each folder to be a separate file, making >> it much easier to attach/detach them quickly from the folder list. Any >> plans to do that with E'rage? I'll never go back to Outlook but Apple Mail >> is looking awfully tempting right now ;-) > > Creating an .mbox archive regularly is sensible. You can schedule it for a > time (like the middle of the night) when you don't need to do anything else. > Do you then delete the original messages? If not, why are you bringing the > .mbox back in later? Just search for the message in Entourage. So I guess > you must be deleting originals, if you want to keep the database size down. > Once a month seems a bit extreme - I do it every 6 months or so - but YMMV. > > OK. So the issue is just one of the time it takes to import the .mbox back > in, or open it, when you want to check a message, right? If you merely need > to check the message, don't open the .mbox in Entourage. Just open it in > TextEdit (drag it onto TextEdit's icon), or another text editor, and do a > Find there, Harder to browse, of course, and you can't reply to the message. > > The best thing might be to use Barry's script+rule which makes text files of > each message as it comes in. Then Spotlight can find anything in an instant, > plus you can still reply to the message by double-clicking it to open in > Entourage. So now your once-a-month activity will just be to _delete_ > messages, nothing else. You already have them backed up per-message, just > like Mail does. And I think the script files them in Finder folders > mirroring Entourage folders. > > I can't recall what Barry calls it, nor if he posted it on macscripter.net > or only here or in the Entourage newsgroup. I'm sure he'll be along shortly > to remind us. It's a really simple script and could be recreated within > minutes but I'm sure Barry has it to hand. > > -- > 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/> > -- 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/>
