To rebuild the rules, etc, I just go at it from scratch. I'm afraid to do it any other way, given that I just dodged a bullet.
A cursory reading of this list shows that lots of folks have Entourage database problems. This seems unnecessary. My customers rarely have problems with the smaller mbox files used in Apple Mail. The behaviors I described are one more argument against the concept of a single massive email database, supporting the (Tiger) idea of using the file system as the search tool (storing each email as a separate file). ----------------------------------------- Gary Beverly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apple Certified Technical Coordinator Apple Certified Desktop & Portable Technician Apple Product Professional ========================================= Argosy West Computers - Apple Specialist 625 Schemmer, Prescott AZ 86305 928-445-9797 ****fax 928-778-9706 > From: Scott Haneda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:17:37 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]>, Gary Beverly > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Rebuilding tip > > on 2/3/05 9:15 PM, Gary Beverly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A point of information for the list: >> >> After months of use, my Entourage (11.1 on 10.3.7) started to run real slow >> (database is only approx 400 mb), then began to �eat� incoming messages >> (incoming messages were downloaded but could not be found). >> >> After performing a rebuild (not a compact), it ran faster, it found lost >> messages, but some messages had weird headers with different body, and some >> messages were gibberish. It still �ate� incoming messages. >> >> I rebuilt it again after deleting all rules, MLM, and turning off junk mail >> filtering. >> And now, it�s fast and perfect. >> >> This is the second time in 4 months that rebuilding with MLM, rules, and >> junk turned OFF has worked, and the second time that rebuilding with those >> features ON has failed. > > Whats your method for restoring all your MLM and rules and such? > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 > <http://www.newgeo.com> Fax: 313.557.5052 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Novato, CA U.S.A. > > > -- 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/>
