You're fine. My database is 2 GB and Entourage doesn't skip a beat.
IMO, you probably don't need to compact that often -- or at all. You only need to do that if you make a mistake and manage to email a 3 GB file or something weird that artificially bloats the database size. - Bryan > I've been using Entourage since it first came out, as I recall. I used > Outlook before that and imported. So I have mail going back to 1998. I'm a > writer, and have many books out. It is really handy to be able to see emails > from 5, 7, 9 years ago, at a glance. > > Even with tens of thousands of emails, Entourage is totally stable. I am > wondering what a good, basic maintenance routine would be. What are the most > elegant solutions? Should I put all the old email in Filemaker Pro, for > example? > > I quit the Database Daemon every day and back up the MUD folder to an > external drive. > > Other than that, the only thing I do is remove all attachments, both > incoming and outgoing, and file them elsewhere. I do this as they come in. > Once every six months or so I hold down the option key and let Entourage > "compact" the database, which right now is 341 MB. I hadn't done this in a > long time, and just before compacting it was 700 MB almost. > > I really don't fuss with Entourage at all. It just works. The only thing I > suspect is that because there are so many thousands of old emails, it slows > down Project Center. > > > versions: I always have the latest OS and the latest build of Entourage. > Right now that is Entourage 11.3.3, OS 10.4.9, on a G5 Mac with 8 GB of RAM > and tons of hd space free. > > > Lorin > -- 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/>
