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David Rodewald

I would love to be able to back up my mail to a CD, but can't seem to figure
out how to do it.

Any ideas?
 
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Diane Ross

I would love to be able to back up my mail to a CD, but can't seem to figure
out how to do it.
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Copy your entire Identity folder.

Rules, mailing lists, signatures, messages, data, schedules, contacts,
tasks, notes, calendar are located in:



Entourage X : ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office X Identities/your
identity



Entourage 2001: <Startup Disk>:Documents/Microsoft User Data: Office 2001
Identities:your identity




Note: your identity is called Main Identity unless you rename it.
 
E

Eric

I would love to be able to back up my mail to a CD, but can't seem to figure
Copy your entire Identity folder.
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But my Database file in that folder is 1.07 GB... Even when I deleted
(really deleted, not just moved to the Deleted Items folder) about
half of my saved messages, the size didn't go down. How can I made the
size of that file smaller?
 
D

Diane Ross

But my Database file in that folder is 1.07 GB... Even when I deleted
(really deleted, not just moved to the Deleted Items folder) about
half of my saved messages, the size didn't go down. How can I made the
size of that file smaller?
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The database will be left with 'wasted' space in it every time you delete
something. However, this is not all bad, since the wasted space is used up
with new data as it is added. This way, over a period of time (assuming that
you are deleting stuff as you go) the database will probably reach an
optimum size, after which the stuff you delete is roughly equal to the stuff
you add, and no further growth takes place.

If you need to recover the wasted space on your hard disk, you will have to
do a 'typical' rebuild to compact the database. This will create a compacted
version of the database without the wasted space. You will then have to
manually delete the backup copies of the original database that the rebuild
process creates AFTER you are happy the new one is OK.


See <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/database.html> for more details.
 
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Paul Berkowitz

If you need to recover the wasted space on your hard disk, you will have to
do a 'typical' rebuild to compact the database. This will create a compacted
version of the database without the wasted space. You will then have to
manually delete the backup copies of the original database that the rebuild
process creates AFTER you are happy the new one is OK.
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(Actually it is the original database, renamed to "Old Database", not a
backup copy, that you delete after rebuilding, but everything else is
correct.)


--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html

Please "Reply To Newsgroup" to reply to this message. Emails will be
ignored.

PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - 2001 or X.
It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.
 
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K. David Crockett

This is from Microsoft, in the July Mactopia newsletter:

You can easily archive your e-mail messages or transfer them to another
computer. Here's how: Simply drag a message folder from Entourage X to your
desktop! Learn how to archive your old messages.
<http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=198425>
 
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