[X4U] Entourage database hosed

[William Morse]

Hi Linda-

Thanks for the suggestions. I have already set up a new identity;  
that works. I will be trashing the entourage prefs, but will also try  
your other suggestions.

Thanks again,

Bill
On May 10, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 5/10/07 12:21 PM, William Morse wrote:
>
>>  Has it hit a size limit? Is
>> there anything I can do do extract the email data?
>
> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/size.html>
>
> You can use a text editor (such as BBEdit) to chip text out of the  
> corrupt
> database. It's not pretty, attachments are lost, text is only somewhat
> recognizable amidst gibberish characters, etc. But if there's some  
> bit of
> text you HAVE to have out of a very important email, it's doable,  
> better
> than not having it at all... but only barely.
>
> Before you go that route, you might try zipping the database and then
> accessing the new copy after unzipping it again -- or simply  
> duplicating the
> database on your hard disk, accessing the duplicate instead. You  
> might try a
> Safe Boot, and then trying to access the database. You might also try
> running a third-party disk utility (such as DiskWarrior).
>
> You might also try a new User on your wife's Mac, to make sure  
> there's not
> some other corruption in the User that's causing the failures in  
> your wife's
> main User.
>
>
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