loss of all email data

J

jcinfilm

please help! lost all my email data and do not have backup. tried
'reloading' from main identity but main identity seems to have been
reset also.. is there any other way of accessing my old
account/'rebooting' my emails. why do these things happen?!

pls advise, much appreciated. in the interim i have setup my account
again as i need to keep working!

thanks

jeremy
 
M

Matt

Hi Jeremy,
Unfortunately I am unable to help you.
I am in the same situation as you.
If you do get an answer could you forward it to me please?!
Matt.
 
D

Diane Ross

please help! lost all my email data and do not have backup. tried
'reloading' from main identity but main identity seems to have been
reset also.. is there any other way of accessing my old
account/'rebooting' my emails. why do these things happen?!

Most likely you have accidentally moved your data. Hopefully, you have not
deleted the file. If you have deleted the trash, it's gone. Sorry!

Select Switch Identity and see if your old identity is still listed.

Entourage expects the folder to be in your Documents folder. For OS X users,
that's the Documents folder in your User's folder.

To find your old database, search for "Microsoft User Data" (without the
quotes).

If you have not used a new identity in Entourage, then copy the entire
Microsoft User Data folder to the correct location.

Fix if you have more than one Microsoft User Data Folder...

Move the entire identity folder you want to use to the Office Identities
folder that Entourage is recognizing. Your identity is named "Main" by
default. Be sure to rename one so you do not overwrite. Your identity folder
can contain more than one identity.

Switch Identities to view your old mail. If you have not used the new
identity, delete it. If you have used it and want to combine the new mail
with your original database, drag each folder to the desktop from one
identity. This creates an MBOX file. Switch identities. Drag the MBOX files
into the folder window of Entourage.

You can delete the old folder after you are satisfied with the transfer.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/identities.html#id2>
 
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