You could also do a custom view for the older mail. Then drag the icon for the custom view to the desktop as an MBOX file.
I've been doing some testing for using spotlight to search mail that has been archived. It doesn't seem that spotlight can look into MBOX files or .rge files. If you want the archived mail to be searchable, you'll need to drag out the messages individually as .eml files. Currently in 2004, Entourage creates a special folder for Spotlight to archive. This ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage/ is the location of your data used by Sync Services. -- Diane On 9/26/07 12:24 PM, "Bob Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. > > Here was my work around that I found. > > I used the Advanced find to find all messages with a sent/receive date that > was 120 days old (or however long). > > I then tagged them all with a unique Category called "Archive" > > I then ran Export. It gives you the option of exporting all records of a > "category". It is suppose to delete those records automatically, but it did > not. > > I had to manually do that. > > Worked great. > > Thanks again. > > > On 9/26/07 8:46 AM, "Roger S. Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Bob Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 9/26/07 9:35 AM: >> >>> I have a very large mail file and need to free up space. >>> >>> Is there any easy way to archive all email older than ³x² months into a >>> file? >>> >>> Also if I need to read that file, how would I do that? >> >> >> This is not a true "Archive" solution, but this works as a backup. >> >> You can drag any email from Entourage onto your Desktop (or into a folder). >> It is saved on the Desktop as an Entourage Email File. If you double-click >> it, it will open in Entourage. You could then delete the original email >> from Entourage's database. You can also drag that file from the Desktop >> back into Entourage's interface, thus adding it back into Entourage. >> >> You can also save an Entourage email as a text file. File -> Save As... >> [pick a location on your drive]. Then you could then delete the email from >> Entourage. >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com >> Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 >> >> >> -- >> 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/>
