No, 500mb is quite small. Many people are well over 4gb! (I'm currently running at around 1.2Gb).
-- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > From: Elizabeth Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:46:50 -0400 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Entourage 2004 Address Autofill > > Thanks, I had rebuilt the DB but it didn't help. Perhaps pushing 500 MB is > too big and I need to do some archiving... > EN > > > On 7/27/04 5:01 AM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 27/7/04 1:48 am, "Elizabeth Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I am noticing problems with the address auto-fill feature. In the past, as >>> long as the right name came up with just a few letters, I could hit return >>> and it would fill. Now I get a ? And have to take my hand off the keyboard, >>> scroll down the list with the mouse, and even then when I click on the >>> highlighted address it doesn't always fill correctly... >>> THANKS >>> EN >>> Mac OSX 3.4 >>> >> It is possibly an early sign of mild database corruption. >> >> Office vX: >> Hold down the option key when starting Entourage and take the first option >> ('typical rebuild'). If this doesn�t resolve the problems, then try an >> �Advanced Rebuild�. >> >> Office 2004: >> You still call the rebuilder by holding down Option key at launch, but it >> now brings up a separate app "Database Utility" (which could be launched by >> double-clicking of you wish) that lives in the Office subfolder. >> >> First of all, if you have any Office apps open, a dialog comes up that >> offers to quit them. >> >> Then you get a window with a list of your identities to select from, and >> four options: >> >> 1) It has a new feature "Verify database integrity" option: this should >> reduce unnecessary rebuilding. Apparently it's quite sensitive. And see 4) >> below. >> >> 2) "Compact the database". (Like X's "Typical rebuild"). >> >> 3) Rebuild the database. (Like X's "Advanced Rebuild") >> >> 4) "Set database preferences". Actually there's only one pref: you can turn >> on "Verify database in background "which means "run automatically" and let >> you know if your database needs rebuilding. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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/>
