In article <C44A17A4.1CCEE%diane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Diane Ross <diane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Julian Vrieslander" wrote:
>
> > I ex****ted all items from my 2008 database to an Entourage archive
(.rge
> > file). I then quit Entourage, removed the Main Identity folder, and
> > restarted Entourage to create a new Main Identity. Then I im****ted
> > data from the archive.
> >
> > Diane has probably not tested her instructions on an IMAP account. On
> > my first connection to my IMAP account, Entourage downloaded
duplicates
> > of all the messages that had already been fully downloaded into the
> > database.
>
> Normally, with accounts like IMAP and Exchange where mail is left on the
> server, you just create a new account and sync back up to the server.
Yes, I know that. But when I did the ex****t and im****t, I did not know
whether my downloaded messages from the IMAP account would be be
included in the archive, or whether Entourage would try to re-download
those messages after the im****t. So I played it safe.
> > Entourage preferences were lost and had to be re-entered.
>
> Unless you deleted preferences in your ~Library, you should not have to
> re-enter.
I did not delete preferences from ~/Library/Preferences, but the
preference settings were at defaults after I im****ted the archive into
the new identity.
> > Email account settings were lost (I have two accounts, one is POP and
> > the other is IMAP).
>
> Accounts are one thing that is always lost. Using screenshots is the
only
> tip to help in recreating.
I expected this one, from reading the notes on your web page. Since I
have another Entourage installation on my laptop, I copied the settings
from that machine.
> > Schedules were lost.
>
> That should have been a preference too. I would need to double check
that.
Not a big deal for me, since I had only three schedules set up.
> > Rules were lost.
> Did you drag over the Rules file and reset folder destination?
I did not get to that step. The biggest hassle for me was the loss of
categories. I had built a system of recording appointments and to-do
tasks that heavily depended on category mapping. Although I am less
certain of this, I think that my reminders may be broken, too.
Currently, I do not have time to manually restore and reset all this
information (some of which goes back for several years). So I am
reverting to my previous database and identity, even though it may be
corrupted. For now, I will have to muddle along with it, and hope it
does not go into total meltdown. Eventually I will need to look for
another solution, or another email client.
--
Julian Vrieslander
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