On 11/10/10 2:15 PM, "Bob Johnston" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I support 55-60 Entourage 2008 users, and on average, I have to rebuild an > Entourage 2008 database 3-4 times per month. Many times it's the same user > and their database must be rebuilt a couple times in as many days. Very > frustrating and time consuming, especially in a business environment. Our > users average between 1GB - 20GB for their database, with the most common > size about 3GB. First, rebuilding does not always fix all problems and the more you rebuild the worse you can make the problems. Export all data so you can get rid of the corruption and importing that into a new Identity is the only way, but it's very time consuming. For Exchange, you should rebuild but just create a new Identity and download from the server. > > Does anyone know if Outlook 2011 has a much more stable database structure? > How does it compare to Entourage 2008 in database rebuild frequency? Totally different database. Read the info on these links for details. Outlook, Outlook, how does your Database grow? http://bit.ly/9SVl8V Database Basics: http://www.officeformachelp.com/outlook/database/ > > Are their any suggestions to database management to hopefully alleviate > database rebuilds? Keep inbox lean. This folder syncs more frequently than any other and should be kept as clean as possible. I recommend no more than a few hundred messages be kept there. You should not store any messages within sub-folders in the Inbox. Optimize Entourage to better work with Exchange | OfficeforMacHelp.com <http://www.officeformachelp.com/2008/03/optimize_entourage_to_better_work_w ith_exchange/> In case the above link does not work: <http://tinyurl.com/28sbzac> -- Diane -- YouTalk mailing list List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
