Thanks for all the great answers. You mentioned: > > You can use an archiver and keep deleting. >
Can you recommend a good archiver - for FM pro or Panorama or whatever? On 1/7/02 11:07 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/7/02 10:54 AM, "Domains4Days.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Recently I had an Entourage identity which had 10,000 e-mail's in it, and >> the messages database got all the way up to 130 MB. This was after holding >> down the option key during a open command and rebuilding the databases. I >> believe at one point I all so performed the secondary rebuild option - which >> says only do this after the first one was completed. >> >> Anyway after all the rebuilds - the messages database remained very near 130 >> MB. Basically, this seems extensively large. In comparison, I believe >> Eudora's file system is much more space affective - and 10,000 e-mail's in >> the Eudora folder would be something in the neighborhood of half that file >> size. >> >> Question 1: what's the deal with attachments ? if an e-mail comes in with an >> attachment , where is that attachment stored - in the messages database? > > Yes. So you can get at it easily. >> >> Question 2: if your request to save that attachment on your desktop, do you >> now have two copies of that attachment? In order to save the file size in >> your Entourage messages database, would you have to hit the remove button - >> and remove that attachment to save space? > > Yes. >> >> Question 3: Do the file sizes for the message database remain large even >> after you have emptied the deleted mail from the deleted mail folder? > > Large, but empty and quick. It's a sensible way to manage your database, > since the space will fairly soon fill up again with new messages. Only if > you really need the hard disk space NOW, then do a Typical rebuild to > compact the database. (For example, if you intend to remove all attachments > from now on, then you won't need all that space - go ahead and compact. But > it's not great for the database to get rebuilt every few days or anything > like that.) It takes some getting used to, but it really is sensible > normally not to compact, just go on deleting regularly. >> >> Question 4: does the Entourage program ever rebuild itself automatically, or >> do you always have to hold the option key when loading it? > > Never automatically. It's up to you to keep an eye on it. But the files can > get up to just below 2GB before crisis. It's a good idea to keep them below > 1GB, I suppose, and for speed and memory to less than that. You're fine with > your 135 MB. >> >> Question 5: Are there any general tricks for keeping the file Ent message >> database sizes small? > > You can use an archiver and keep deleting. > -- Thanks, RevDave Great Names for Sale at: http: //www.Domains4Days.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/>
