Database Rebuild in Entourage 2004

S

Scott Melendez

What are the consequences of rebuilding the database? I seem to remember
something about losing categories and things like that.

Is there a tool that can detect if your Entourage database has corruption or
do some kind of analysis before doing the repair?
 
R

rchertzy

What is m? where can I get it?
I had internet drop yesterday, Entourage 2004 froze and when force quit
and restarted, nothing remained- no emails, no accounts, nothing. Now
the database is new as if it never before existed. Where did the old
one go?
 
C

Corentin Cras-Méneur

Scott Melendez said:
What are the consequences of rebuilding the database? I seem to remember
something about losing categories and things like that.
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WHen you rebuild the database, the database utility trashes the cache
for IMAP and Exchange accounts (to be able to re-download if fresh from
the server).
Since categories are not synched to the Exchange servers, when you
rebuild, the cache is trashed and the contacts and calendar entries are
re-downloaded from the server - without the category assignments.

There are a couple of workarounds:
- move the contacts and calendar entries to the local address book and
calendar. Then you can rebuild, and move them back on Exchange with the
proper categories.
- use a script to copy the categories on a custom field. Let them all
properly sync to Exchange, rebuild, then use another script to restore
the categories from the same Custom field.

I started playing with the second option a while ago and got stuck
rwiting the AppleScript to do that. I posted about it in one of the
threads here and Paul Berkowitz gave me the perfect solution(s). The
scripts I played with appear to be functional (at least on my Mac) but
they haven't had extensive testing (at all!!!). You are welcome to test
them and see how they work for you. For simplicity, I posted them here:
http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?p=73


Corentin
 
S

Scott Melendez

If not using Exchange, are the categories lost for all items (Mail,
Contacts, etc)?

And how does a database rebuild impact Project Center (for example, project
colors, etc)?
 
D

Diane Ross [MVP]

I had internet drop yesterday, Entourage 2004 froze and when force quit
and restarted, nothing remained- no emails, no accounts, nothing. Now
the database is new as if it never before existed. Where did the old
one go?
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Select Switch Identity and see if your old identity is still listed.

Microsoft Entourage installs the Microsoft User Data folder (MUD) in your
User's Document folder. Inside this folder is your Identity (named Main by
default). All of your mail, contacts, etc are stored here. If you move this
folder, Entourage will not know where your mail is located and will open
with a new default identity that will be blank.

Tips for locating your MUD folder can be found here:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/database.html>

If it has completely disappeared, check out this solution:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/user/xfile1.html>
 
C

Corentin Cras-Méneur

Scott Melendez said:
If not using Exchange, are the categories lost for all items (Mail,
Contacts, etc)?
Click to expand...


There is no reason why you should lose them. Everything is stored
locally.
And how does a database rebuild impact Project Center (for example, project
colors, etc)?
Click to expand...

It never did anything to mine :)

Corentin
 
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