Christian, This should absolutely work, and is an ever more sensible approach than the two methods I suggested. Plus, as per your point 4), has the advantage of fostering all sorts of fulfilling activities ;-)
Incidentally, the Intel migration's benefits really show in large database operations, alas that means less waiting time. Cheers, jean michel On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:36:32 +0200, Christian Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >CTM info wrote: > >>------------------------------------------------------------ >>Instructions on creating the equivalent of a database clone: >>------------------------------------------------------------ > >If one has the time (don't know how long PM would need for this), >wouldn't it be less error-prone to: > >1. Copy the complete, existing PM environment. > >2. Open the copy, select all emails (which I usually do with something like > > Find in [all local folders] > [Date received] [is newer than] [20] [years] > >3. Drag the found emails to the PM trash. (Do your workout, go to sleep.) > >4. Empty PM trash. (Do your workout, go to sleep, have a nice weekend >with your family.) > >5. Quit, restart with Cmd-Opt held down, choose "compact database". > > >Shouldn't this work? > >Regards, Christian. > >
