Re: Database corruption after successful rebuild

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"Hartvik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

Thank you for the advise regarding back up routines; I have at times before
excluded the Main Identity folder from Time Machine exactly because of
resource depletion (backing up a full 5Gb because of one new incoming mail
isn't very efficient). However, it had been turned back on lately.

It's a huge waste to do it. I don't know how else to say "it's not
recommended!"

I was (and
am) still covered by my daily SuperDuper back up. But this string does not
really address my initial question: I do the rebuild, it is confirmed
completed successfully, but when I start Entourage the next time, I still get
the same error message.

Sometimes the rebuild utility is just plain wrong when it confirms completed
successfully.

I can open both the new rebuild and the back up
identity without apparent problems (aside from the error message) and nothing
seems to be wrong when in use. In your intital reply (if I read it correctly)
you suggest that I make an .rge of the back up identity (?) and do a manual
import of that into a new identity. That seems to be quite time consuming
(especially with the plethora of local folders I have got things in ? I'm good
at keeping my inbox clean and the stuff in our exchange server at a minimum
level). Exactly why would this be a good solution? I would have thought that
it'd make more sense to make an .rge archive of the new rebuilt database,
perhaps even just reinstall Entourage and then replace the new main identity
with the one rebuilt?

For Exchange just create a new Identity and let Entourage sync back up. You
did not select what type account in your initial question. If you have other
accounts, you will need to export that data. You could use the MBOX method
for your messages.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

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Diane

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