Backing up and deleting mail folders?

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steve

I want to backup some folders of email from my inbox and delete them from
entourage. I dragged the entire "Sent Items" and "Deleted Items" folders
from Entourage 2004 to my desktop and they showup with a .mbox extenstion.
Will I be able to restore everything contained in them at a later time if I
simply drag them back in? Any issues with doing this?



Thanks!
 
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Mickey Stevens

I want to backup some folders of email from my inbox and delete them from
entourage. I dragged the entire "Sent Items" and "Deleted Items" folders
from Entourage 2004 to my desktop and they showup with a .mbox extenstion.
Will I be able to restore everything contained in them at a later time if I
simply drag them back in?
Yes.

Any issues with doing this?
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Well, the imported mailbox won't automatically combine or replace your
existing "Sent Items" & "Deleted Items" folder, so you'd have to move
messages and delete duplicates manually if necessary. But you shouldn't
need to worry about data loss.
 
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steve

Hi Mickey,

For clarification:

What exactly happens if I drag the "Deleted Items" .mbox file from my
desktop into Entourage? Will it create a second Deleted Items folder in
Entourage? And there is not change of it overwriting the folder currently in
Entourage?

Thanks!
 
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Paul Berkowitz

No chance of overwriting under any circumstance. If you drag it into the top
level ("On My Computer") - or double-click it - it will create a "Deleted
Items 1" folder. You can then select all its messages into Deleted Items and
then delete the empty folder. Or you can drag it _into_ a folder (including
Deleted Items itself) where it will become a subfolder called "Deleted
Items". Again, select all and move to the main Delete Items folder.

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steve

Thanks!

Paul Berkowitz said:
No chance of overwriting under any circumstance. If you drag it into the
top
level ("On My Computer") - or double-click it - it will create a "Deleted
Items 1" folder. You can then select all its messages into Deleted Items
and
then delete the empty folder. Or you can drag it _into_ a folder
(including
Deleted Items itself) where it will become a subfolder called "Deleted
Items". Again, select all and move to the main Delete Items folder.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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

PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.
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