On 6/29/08 4:18 PM, Diane Ross at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Larry Stone wrote: > >> Frankly, this has me very concerned about the stability of Entourage. As >> someone who is very technical, most other reports of problems I could >> dismiss as "user error". But not this one. I have a backup strategy that >> should let me recover from just about anything. But not something like this >> where the database is corrupt for a while but doesn't show it until later. > > That's why you need snapshots of your Identity (this is the same thing Time > Machine does).
Yes, that's what the two-week old backup I restored was (I use Retrospect so Time Machine offers me little I don't already have). You also need your backup in different formats. > > Tab delimited files > MBOX > Entourage archive (.rge) I'll disagree with you there. Backing up like that (and those aren't really backups, those are just attempt to preserve the data in alternate forms) shows a basic distrust of the ability of the software to protect the data. The fact that Rebuild is taking the corrupted but openable database and making it unopenable also says there is something wrong in the rebuild process. I'm protecting against a lot of risks: inadvertent deletion, loss of the disk, loss of the computer, even loss of our home with offsite backup of critical data. In there also is loss to data corruption that is immediately detectable. A risk that is not being protected against is corruption that occurs at some point but is not detected until some long time later at which point the data has been extensively changed and at which point an uncorrupted backup no longer exists. I don't keep backups forever. Even the two week old backup is of limited value due to the lost changes. Fortunately I use IMAP for mail so for all practical purposes, the mail in the Entourage database is really a backup of what's on the mail server. The important data at risk of loss by Entourage is the contacts and the calendar. -- Larry Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonejongleux.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/>
