On 2/13/10 7:30 PM, "Levanah Tenen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> At the moment, I'm working with a copy of my database which works, but which > won't make an .rge backup of email, so I know it's corrupt, and I don't want > to rely on it for any longer than I have to. It's about 3.5 gig. Your next step is to export the folders as MBOX files. Get this script: Export folders as MBOX files (includes subfolders) <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/scripts/jolly/Make_MBOX.zip> Open 3 windows. Entourage Activity Monitor Desktop Start the script. You can watch it make the folders on the desktop. When the script hits a folder with corruption it will stop. You know it's stopped when the Microsoft Database daemon in Activity Monitor is 0.0. You can move that folder to the bottom by renaming it and run the script again to see if there are other folders or if it goes through until it hits the bad folder. (the script always starts at the tops) Once you identify a folder with corruption, you manually have to divide the folder into subfolders and drag these folders to the desktop to make the MBOX files. Check the number of messages for each folder and verify that the correct number exported. This can be a long lengthy process. It's lovely fun importing since you have to drag each folder in one at a time. You'll need the Activity Monitor open to watch the daemon to see when each folder has imported completely. Tip: large folders might have to be subdivided to export. Folders over 2GB can cause problems. Sent is generally one of those folder. I suggest making subfolder by year. Sent 2009, Sent 2008, Sent 2007. This allows you to make MBOX files of folders that will never change so you never loose this data. Remember rebuilding your database does not fix everything. I always advise moving into a new Identity and only rebuild when the current problem database won't open. Hope this helps! -- Diane -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
