952 MB is getting very large. I start seeing slowdown at around 300 MB, but I have 768 MB RAM. You will be seeing some slowdown even in your 219 MB identity with your puny amount of RAM. You should see no problem at all in your 6 MB identity - that's tiny.
You can't seriously expect to run OS X with 128 RAM , Sven. Yes, it will _walk_, but it won't run. On a PowerBook, one of your chips will be welded in - is it 64 or 128? In any case you should replace the other one with a 256 MB chip at least. it will make all the difference - like getting a new computer. In the meantime, you'll need to archive or delete your messages. The only database affecting speed is the one you're using. So you can either: 1) Separate out your most recent messages from the others. Save the others as MBOXes - drag folders to your hard disk to become MBOX files, then delete the messages within Entourage. (You obviously can't delete your Inbox or Sent Items folders as such - you have to delete the messages themselves.) It might make sense to separate messages into several folders by date before saving as MBOX. If and when you need to check up these messages, you can drag the MBOXes back into Entourage. Some scripts can help with doing this, but it will be slow going. 2) You could keep one or two identities as slow "Archive Identities" so the messages are there if you need to go check them. but use a slimmer identity as your main identity. it might be quicker for you just to separate out your RECENT messages into their own folders, and drag just those out in a few separate folder/MBOXes. Make a new identity - (or your 6 MB one if it's all set up) - and drag these in. Just start afresh there, and if you ever need to dig out an old message, go visit one of your big identities. The size of other database files has no effect on your current database or speed. 3) You can get one of the Archiving application, such as eMessage Archiver, to archive in FMP or their own database setups. But speed in OS X also depends on having a lot of free disk space. I just delete all my unflagged mailing list messages (I store mailing list messages in their own folders and have a custom view to display all unflagged messages in these folders older than 7 days: I just select all these and delete) every month or two. you need to empty the trash too after - or during - all these deletions, of course. -- Paul Berkowitz > From: SVEN AERTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 09:59:07 +0200 > To: EntX-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: EntX is slow > > Database file... > Hey I have 3 identities... Ggrrrr... I had Ent2K previously and got > discouraged in transferring the data. > > Office X Identities/Main identity: modified 16/05/2002 - 6,3 MB > Office X Identities/Main identityX: modified 16/05/2002 - 952 MB > Office X Identities/Folder Sven/Database: modified 04/08/2002 - 219 MB > > My RAM: 128 MB as mentioned in my signature. > > -- > Sven-Brussels > GSM: +32 (0)485/389679 > OSX.1.1.5-EntX:iBook-PowerPC G3 500Mhz/128MBRam-AZERTY-Keyboard > >> From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 15:33:08 -0700 >> Subject: Re: EntX is slow >> >> On 8/3/02 1:54 PM, "SVEN AERTS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Starting EntX is slow in my opinion. Is that because the database with my >>> messages is getting big ? >> >> Yes. Time to start deleting and/or archiving. How big is your database file? >> How much RAM on your machine? >> >> -- >> Paul Berkowitz > > > -- > 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/> > -- 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/>
