Bas
Mon Jul 25 17:15:35 CDT 2005
I also support several Novell Groupwise systems - really nice system
(one site has over 650 very active users on a Dual Xeon box)
Maintained by a single guy - ME!
Whilst I get grief from Exchange users and thier PST files - I rarely get
any hassel from the GW users.
The server maintains a Archive database (the Archive mirrors the main
mailbox so looking for things is
simple... add to that the full indexing...)
and...most importantly I can check/repair the database at will
Actually, the main reason for archiving is that the user(s) are compaining
about speed AND
missing messages.
It would be good if I can put my mind at rest about missing items ie.
corruption
"Allen Watson" <allenwatson@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:BF0A7725.1DE84%allenwatson@earthlink.net...
> Unfortunately there is really no good way to do a running archive for all
> kinds of data. There are a couple of approaches that archive mail messages
> in a database (I use one that goes to a FileMaker database). Archiving
> calendar info, however, is as you say, "52 backup files" if you archive
once
> a week.
>
> I suggest you post a message with a subject like "FEATURE REQUEST: Archive
> database".
>
> My preference, honestly, would be an ability to select everything by date
> (>90 days, for example), and transfer all that material to another
Entourage
> database (or identity). Why use a different database format if you are
going
> to have a database at all? This way, you could archive to a second
Entourage
> identity; you could back up periodically; you could easily transfer
material
> from one computer to another, and so on.
>
>
> On 7/25/05 6:01 AM, in article ueG4ijRkFHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl, "Bas"
> <Bas@microsoft_forums.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok so I end up with a POINT-IN-TIME backup
> > and I suppose I'll end with 52 backup files - if I do it every week!
> >
> > Not a "Database"
> >
> > On a PC an Outlook PST file contains your mailbox with appointments etc
> > We usually call it "username_archive"
> >
> > I can archive stuff to it every day - its just 1 file
> > When I want to lookup old items that are in the archive - I simply open
the
> > users archive!!
> >
> >
> > "matt neuburg" <matt@tidbits.com> wrote in message
> > news:1h07zuc.1j6q6kw1q4uupsN%matt@tidbits.com...
> >> Bas <Bas@microsoft_forums.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is the archiving (Export) facility in Entourage similar to saving
items
> > to
> >>> archive using a PST
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking to REDUCE the 7000 plus message and calender items by
saving
> >>> them to archive
> >>>
> >>> Say if I want to archive all items older older than 90 days...
> >>> Then say next month can I add to this archive - as I can in PST file ?
> >>
> >> I don't know what PST is or what you're getting at. Just drag stuff
> >> right out of Entourage to the desktop. If you drag a mail folder, what
> >> you get is an mbox file. That's ordinary text plus it's in a standard
> >> format. Now do what you like with it. m.
> >>
> >>
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