On 12/2/03 23:35, "Michael J McCormick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello > > I have a Macuser here with a step by step guide to Archiving. It all looks > simple enough and a �good idea�. > > I am running an online census project and we move data files by email. There > are several hundred such files, often 300 kb or more in size in various > mailboxes. I copy them to my hard drive and regularly back them up to a zip > drive. That sounds sensible. > I also backup the MUD file to an external hard drive. However, I am > also keeping them in Entourage. Another good idea. > > My questions are: > > Will rebuilding the file after I have archived it, damage the data in any way? Almost certainly not, but you will almost certainly be wasting your time. When data is deleted from Entourage it leaves 'holes' in the database, but these holes get filled up with new stuff as it arrives. Therefore, compacting the database will reduce it's size, but then as new mail arrives the size just grows again. If you leave things alone, you will reach a point where deleted stuff roughly equals new stuff and the database reaches a fairly static size. > > Is there a max size for Entourage? Should I be deleting the data files from > Entourage? In Office 2001, and Office X before the SR1 update the maximum size is 2GB. For vX SR1 and later the max size is 4GB > > Rgds > > Michael > > OPC for Newlyn East & > Cornwall Online Census Project > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html > -- Barry -- 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/>
