I think there are a number of things wrong with the way Erage keeps its database. The most important, in my view, is that data from all components of Erage are in one huge database. There is no reason for this; calendar can be in its own database, contacts can be in theirs, etc. The jumbling of everything in one database makes at least one thing difficult: if you want to synchronize your contacts between your home machine and work machine, but not your calendar (or your mail), this is impossible (at least I have not found a way short of exporting and importing, which has very high overhead). I wish they would fix this, but I doubt that they will. Incidentally, on Outlook, these are kept in different files. -- M. Tamer Ozsu University of Waterloo
> From: Eddie Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:45:13 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Conversation: So long for now > Subject: Re: So long for now > > Entourage is the only Office application that Spotlight doesn't work with. > This is because Entourage uses a single database file instead of individual > files for each message. > > I just searched at Apple's Spotlight Plugins page > <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/spotlight/> for the word Office and > got zero results. > > I know a couple of list members have posted their methods of using Spotlight > to search their Entourage e-mail. I think both involved exporting mail into > the Finder using AppleScript and such. One I tried didn't work for me > because it choked on e-mails whose subject started with a period (those > files are invisible in the Finder). I'm curious if anyone is still using any > of those methods and how that's working out. > > Although the MacBU said they were looking into Spotlight compatibility for > Entourage when Tiger first came out, I suspect we will not see that happen > until the next full version of Office (for Intel Macs) if ever. I'd > certainly love to be proven wrong, of course. > > Eddie Hargreaves > > > On 11/10/05 12:51 PM, David Morganstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mike, before you switch for good, I thought I read about a Spotlight plug-in >> that allows it to search most of Office that was previously inaccessible. >> Maybe someone else on the list can provide details...is that correct? >> >> >>> I'd like to thank everybody here who has helped me out with questions >>> about Entourage over the last several years. I really appreciate it, >>> and I hope my (very) occasional contributions helped a few folks. >>> >>> I've just migrated my 1.6GB email database to Apple Mail. Searches >>> that took Entourage many minutes take Spotlight a few seconds, and in >>> the end that was too big of an enticement to switch. It's a shame. >>> I will miss many features of Entourage (especially the message >>> history and the calendar features), but for me, the graceful handling >>> of a large database (quickly switching folder views, searching, and >>> the ability to do sensible incremental backups) is the key. >>> >>> I hope that Microsoft will continue the excellent work they have been >>> doing in the development of Entourage. Maybe someday I'll switch >>> back, and then I'll need all your help again. > > > -- > 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/>
