Why do have to keep rebuilding my database?

J

Joel Browning

Can anybody tell me why I my database keeps corrupting? I have to rebuild
approximately 2x month sometimes 3. I really annoying!


Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (iMac 17")
Email Client: Exchange
 
D

Diane Ross

Can anybody tell me why I my database keeps corrupting? I have to rebuild
approximately 2x month sometimes 3. I really annoying!
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Database corruption can be the result of a lot of things. Size of database,
size of free space on hard drive, RAM all can affect your database.

For Exchange accounts it's best not to rebuild, but to create a new Identity
and let Entourage sync back up to your server.

Optimize Entourage to better work with Exchange
<http://tinyurl.com/56ea7k>

Let us know if the optimize article helps along with starting with a new
Identity.
 
K

Kerry

Joel said:
Can anybody tell me why I my database keeps corrupting? I have to rebuild
approximately 2x month sometimes 3. I really annoying!


Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (iMac 17")
Email Client: Exchange
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I've had this happen also. My guess is that after a rebuild there is
still something wrong with the DB even though verify says it is
running fine. When this has happened I've just created a new identity
and either imported the info from the old identity to the new or used
the old as an archive and started fresh with the new. Since I use
IMAP all my mail comes back to the new identity.

One thing to be aware of is there is an issue with rebuild. If it
doesn't work properly creating a new identity is the best approach as
even if you have a backup that reports it is running fine it really
might not be and you'll quickly get the message the database is
damaged - rebuild.
 
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