On 8/9/02 8:23 PM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/9/02 3:16 PM, "Diane Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Yesterday I found myself with a corrupt and unrecoverable Entourage vX >>> database for the third time since I upgraded from 2001 to vX (a couple of >>> months ago). I mentioned one of the occurrences to the list the second week >>> of July, when I lost my database in between speaking sessions at the Expo. >> >> I'm thinking that the import was corrupt. My suggestion would be to create a >> new identity and only import your contacts. If this works, we can explore >> options to get your old mail. > > I was able to get my old mail -- I could still access the "unrebuildable" > DB, so I dragged each mailbox to the desktop, then used Paul's scripts to > export everything I could. I rebuilt the DB and got almost everything back. Send me the exact steps you used so I can add them to the FAQ pages. I have a section on database troubles. Note: I an working on FAQs for Entourage...... Still under construction. > > I've actually been wondering the same thing, Diane -- whether or not my > original import from E2001 to EvX might have been slightly corrupt, and that > corruption might have been silently compounding itself, which might explain > why the databases that have been restored from a backup ended up getting > hosed as well? Seems I remember problems with Eudora users import being corrupted. Can anyone verify that? If the import was corrupt or caused corrupt data, it would certainly explain why some new users would experience the problems you described. -- Diane Ross Microsoft MVP for Entourage -- 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/>
