Barry, Remo, Thanks to both for your helpful comments. Sorry if I sounded harsh - just frustrated ;-) I am only now just learning about 2004's Archive capability. What are the pluses and minuses of saving to a .mbox vs a .rge. sgr
> From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:31:19 +0100 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files > > That's probably a little harsh. MBOX files have been around a long time - > perhaps even longer than Microsoft! They are a very basic form of text file > storage, so don't do anything fancy. > > In entourage 2004 there is a separate 'archive' function that will preserve > all the info you want, in vX you can drag individual files to the desktop > (or some other Finder folder). > > -- > 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: Stephen Rayment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:55:58 -0400 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files >> >> Thanks Barry. >> Sounds like .mbox files are pretty useless!! >> Is there any alternative other than to go back to "archiving" with .pst >> files using Outlook 2001? >> sgr >> >> >>> From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:49:12 +0100 >>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: Problems with .mbox files >>> >>> On 9/8/04 11:55 pm, "Stephen Rayment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> When saving a folder (containing last month's inbox) to a .mbox file and >>>> then reading it back into Entourage... >>>> >>>> A) The Received dates get changed from the original to the date the .mbox >>>> file is read into Entourage (ie. they all have today's date) >>> >>> This is correct - messages imported from an MBOX file are considered to be >>> 'received' again - they have no relationship to their originals. >>> >>>> >>>> B) The Read / Unread status is lost - they all show as Read >>>> >>>> Am I doing something wrong - Is this a known problem? - Are there any other >>>> problems with mbox's? >>>> >>> >>> That is a limitation of the mbox format - none of this information is stored >>> in the mbox file. >>> -- >>> 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/> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/> >> > > > -- > 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/>
