Can I disable the entourage error log?

[Mat Schulte]

If I'm connected to my ethernet network, but not online, Entourage still
tries to run my "check mail" schedule, even though "Only when connected" is
checked in that schedule's configuration. The constant error messages are
annoying, and yet I want to be able to leave that schedule running on a
repeating schedule, and not have to enable/disable it just to stop the error
messages. Apple Mail.app, for instance, can tell when I'm networked but not
online, and only attempts to check mail when it is possible to do so. I
would like to be able to disable the error messages and logging of those
"errors" altogether.

Thanks!
- MDS

 

[Barry Wainwright [MVP]]

If I'm connected to my ethernet network, but not online, Entourage still
tries to run my "check mail" schedule, even though "Only when connected" is
checked in that schedule's configuration. The constant error messages are
annoying, and yet I want to be able to leave that schedule running on a
repeating schedule, and not have to enable/disable it just to stop the error
messages. Apple Mail.app, for instance, can tell when I'm networked but not
online, and only attempts to check mail when it is possible to do so. I
would like to be able to disable the error messages and logging of those
"errors" altogether.

Thanks!
- MDS

The 'only when connected' is only applicable to dial-up connections (yes,
the wording could be better!).

If you save this script somewhere (as a compiled script), then set up a
repeating schedule to run it every ten minutes or so, it should switch
Entourage to 'offline' mode when there is no network.

if IPv4 address of (get system info) is "127.0.0.1" then
tell application "Microsoft Entourage" to set working offline to true
else
tell application "Microsoft Entourage" to set working offline to false
end if