Re: Entourage 2004 - Public Folders re download every time? by Pointer,
Pointer,
Fri Jun 11 06:59:37 CDT 2004
On 6/10/04 1:47 PM, in article BCEDFAE3.12278%dc@dev.null, "Dave Cortright"
<dc@dev.null> wrote:
> On 6/10/04 10:14 AM, in article BCEE0114.1570%spoin111@uwsp.edu, "Pointer,
> Stevie" <spoin111@uwsp.edu> wrote:
>
>> Is Entourage supposed to download the list of Public Folders every time you
>> go there?
>
> That is the way it is currently designed, yes. So I guess you could say it
> is "supposed to".
>
>> Is there a switch somewhere to tell it to cache that info so you
>> don't have to wait for hours for it to pull the list?
>
> Nope. You really should subscribe to the folders you need and then you don't
> have to download the entire list to view just those folders.
>
This is a good idea - to get all your subscriptions taken care of once on
the initial cataloging... But if a student or teacher misses one or more
folders on their initial attempt to subscribe, it means that if they've
navigated from the Public Folders root, they'll have to wait 1/2 + for the
list to download again.
Not to mention, if we implement this in the labs for student use, they would
blow more than 1/2 a class period just waiting for the list to load to make
their initial subscriptions.
Without holding on to a cached list of folders, there's really not a way I
can see our faculty and staff utilizing the public folders through
Entourage.