On or near 2/6/04 5:46 PM, Mickey Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > On 2/5/04 2:12 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On or near 1/28/04 1:45 PM, Russell Fabry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> observed: >> >>> X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.60; B2.21; Q2.21) >>> Anyway to archive messages WITH attachments? >> >> Only way I know is to drag the messages (or a folder of messages) to the >> desktop. Entourage saves them in an archival format. > > Actually, they're saved as standard EML (message) or MBOX (mailbox) files. > That's what I meant; didn't see any need to spell it out.
>> The only way to get >> them "back" in readable form is to drag the message or folder file from the >> Finder back into Entourage's folder list (or on to its Dock icon). > > You should also be able to import them into other modern e-mail programs > that support EML and MBOX files. Some allow you to drag them in. Note that > you might need to change the "Open With" application in the Get Info window > for that to work. When I said "readable form" I was talking about the attachments. Beth's method of reading in a Word processor will just show you text-encoded stuff; you have to read it back into an e-mail program, as Mickey says, to access the attachments in their original file format. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
