On 7/11/04 9:13 PM, "Raul Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/11/04 1:30 PM, "Laurie A. Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I move my MUD folder back and forth several times a day as I move from >> laptop to desktop frequently, using a firewire pocket drive or my iPod > <snip> >> practical since it is very slow in comparison. What problem is your user >> encountering with this method? > > When only the Microsoft User Data folder is copied we find 2 problems. > > 1. We tend to leave email on the server for 2 weeks. In entourage 2004 when > we physically move the database all that mail on the server is re-downloaded > on the second machine so you end up with multiple copies of email. The > solution for this is to not leave mail on the server, but this is not > practical as we all often need to check our mail from remote 3rd party > terminals using http://www.mail2web.com or some other online site that grab > POP mail from all our various accounts. I leave mail on server (for all but a handful of the 50 accounts in this identity) for 7 days. I have never experienced mail being downloaded a second time when I move the MUD folder back and forth. That is specifically WHY I move the MUD folder - the read/unread flag stays with the database. Only time I have ever had any email left on the server downloaded without my wanting it to be was when I upgraded from X to 2004 - but I was able to recover from that deluge by quickly taking Entourage offline and then deleting all the duplicate mail from a "new since launch" custom view. > 2. Often when just the User Data folder is copied we get the "rebuild > database" error, but we have found that if we do the following we can avoid > the problem: > a) shut down entourage (and all other MS apps) > b) kill the database daemon using the terminal > c) copy the MUD > d) copy the various MS prefs > > This has so far completely avoided the database error problem. Yes, you have to shut down Entourage, and any other open Microsoft Office app. If I have Excel open, for example, when I copy my MUD folder over to my Powerbook, it balks that the database I am replacing (I just copy over the previous MUD folder) is in use. If I quit Excel and then copy the new MUD folder again, it gladly replaces it. I have never moved any preference files - I move the MUD folder only I suspect you might be leaving an MS application or daemon running, manually moving the old MUD folder to the trash and then moving the new MUD folder into Documents. If that's what you are doing, then Entourage is still using the old database, which is why it would download all the mail again (that's a surefire way to lose mail since that database is in the trash in most cases). Plus, you will lose anything that sent from the new database on the other computer. If that's what you are doing, instead of copying the "new" MUD folder to your Documents folder, and saying "ok" to the "are you sure you want to replace" prompt, then I can see why there's a problem. In Office 2001, Office X and now Office 2004, the moving of my MUD folder back and forth between multiple machines have never been a problem and has never caused any unusual requests for me to rebuild my database. > p.s. re IMAP it's impractical for us. We have multiple POP accounts that > receive huge image attachments that need to be stored locally. Same here, which is why I use the MUD-swapping method and have perfected it :) If you need a hand making this work, feel free to email me privately. I know the system works because I'd be totally lost without it! -- 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/>
