Need Advice on Backing Up Entourage 2008 Mail

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Lynn Quinlan

Hi there,

The end of the year is fast approaching and I need to clear off some space
and my Entourage mail is the logical starting point. I have over 20 GB of
e-mails here of which I need to remove all but the most recent items, say I
keep no more than 5 GB as a maximum. My question is this. I know I can
dag/copy the mail folders to my desktop. If I then burn those folders to a
CD or DVD (or even memory stick) are those folders still searchable if I
need to look for a specific message?

As an alternative am I better using Mail (after importing the Entourage
folders into same -- Snow Leopard).

Lastly, if I burn or store to CD, etc., can I then update these to include
the newer items in say six months?

What would be your recommendations for me to achieve this task? I don't
want to archive the mail as it would still take space on my computer. By
putting on a CD or stick then it would be portable and be available for use
on another Mac.

Thank you in advance.

Lynn
 
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lcalcote

Hi there,

The end of the year is fast approaching and I need to clear off some space
and my Entourage mail is the logical starting point.  I have over 20 GBof
e-mails here of which I need to remove all but the most recent items, sayI
keep no more than 5 GB as a maximum.  My question is this.  I know I can
dag/copy the mail folders to my desktop.  If I then burn those folders to a
CD or DVD (or even memory stick) are those folders still searchable if I
need to look for a specific message?

As an alternative am I better using Mail (after importing the Entourage
folders into same -- Snow Leopard).

Lastly, if I burn or store to CD, etc., can I then update these to include
the newer items in say six months?

What would be your recommendations for me to achieve this task?  I don't
want to archive the mail as it would still take space on my computer.  By
putting on a CD or stick then it would be portable and be available for use
on another Mac.

Thank you in advance.

Lynn
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Lynn,

Here's how I go about archiving my mail from Entourage -
http://blog.gingergeek.com/2009/06/how-to-archive-entourage-2008-mail-using-multiple-identities/.
This has worked well for me in that this method is Time Machine and
Spotlight friendly.

Hope this helps,
Lee
 
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Diane Ross

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