Diane
Sat Jul 21 16:33:45 CDT 2007
On 7/21/07 12:12 PM, in article C2C82748.3B74%m.bintener@NOSPAMmvps.org,
"Michel Bintener" <m.bintener@NOSPAMmvps.org> wrote:
> On 21/07/2007 20:58, in article
> 1185044329.316755.321850@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
> "jim.kravets@gmail.com" <jim.kravets@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Is it possible and advisable to back up all my Entourage data by
>> simply copying the database to a back up drive? I can set Retrospect
>> Express to do this automatically once a week, and it seems to me that
>> it's an easy and reliable way to back up all my entourage emails,
>> email attachments, contacts and calendar info. And then if there is
>> ever a problem with the original database or my harddrive crashes or
>> something I can delete it and replace it with the backup copy. Is this
>> a good plan?
>
>
> Yes, it is. You might even want to consider performing the backup more often
> than just once a week, but apart from that, yes, it's indeed the database
> file that's important. Depending on how many rules or signatures you have,
> it would be an even better idea to back up the identity folder which
> contains the database and these other files I've just mentioned.
>
In addition, I would set to leave mail on server for xx days. This is set in
your Accounts under the Options tab. This will cover your received mail
between backups. You would need to Bcc your sent mail to yourself to
maintain backup of your sent mail.
For more details on backing up and creating snapshots of your data see
<
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/backup.html>
<
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/archive.html>
A snapshot is an archive of your data. An Archive contains copies of your
files as they appeared at multiple points in time. In your current setup you
are overwriting your database each time you backup. What if that database
has problems that aren't evident? Unless you keep an archive, you could just
be backing up corrupt data. You will need to go back in time before the
corruption started.
I like to use FolderOrgX (freeware). FolderOrg is an AppleScript Folder
Action that organizes files and folders by moving them into dated
subfolders. This is helpful in keeping files and folders organized by the
day they were added, not created or modified.
<
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/backup.html#folderorg>
--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
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