I saved a long-ago message on this topic, so I'll pass it along. Never tried it myself:
From: David Cortright You might want to see if you can send your database to Jud or Steve for potential recoverly. In the meantime, here's a process I used a year ago: I spent several hours over the weekend constructing a really big MBOX file from an orphaned Messages file. To do this, you need a copy of BBEdit Lite and you need to know how to use GREP. Don�t forget to operate on a copy of the file, and do some cursory finds before Replace All. First, look for patterns like: [^\r]Received: from .*\r [^\t].*\rReceived: from .*\r And replace with: >From ^^^@^^^\r You�ll need to account for messages that don�t start with Received, so repeat with "[^\r]From: .*\r", "[^\r]Return Path: .*\r", ... Also, you want to get rid of the garbage (which is the database info) between messages, so search for things like: \r\r\r\r\r ^\**\r ^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]? Now, skim the file looking for other garbage to clean up. Then, save out as a text file and do a File:Import:text file:MBOX. Now, set up a custom view and look for the text "Received: from" in the message body. You probably missed some messages. Drag this view to the desktop to create an MBOX file, open it in BB Edit Lite, clean it up, delete all the messages in the custom view, and import the newly cleaned MBOX file back into Entourage. Rinse and repeat. It�s a long, tedious process, but it worked for me. YMMV. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> On or near 7/20/02 3:38 PM, Bill Swersey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > My E2001 database is apparently irreparably damaged. I've scoured the net, > read every newsgroup message I could find, tried advanced rebuilds, tried a > program (Applescript) called Entouraid, to no avail. > > I've saved the damaged database and messages files, hoping that someday MS > might come up with a solution... > > Anyway, at Mac world a MS rep suggested that I join this list and said he > thought I could recover info using BBEdit. Of course I could spend a > ridiculous amount of time doing this manually, line by line, but I'm hoping > that someone on this list can offer some handy tips. Help! > > Is there a searchable archive of messages from this list? > > Thanks...Bill > -- My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> My scripts page: <http:homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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/>
