Entourage export/database issue

[Manster62]

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

Hi, Having lost emails with a previous version of Entourage, I now export (back-up) the database weekly. However, recently I have been receiving an error message telling me that there was an error and to use the Database Utility to Verify/Repair the databse. I do this and it shows no errors. However, when I try to export again, it still comes up with the same error. I know that Time Machine backs up the database, but I still like to have a weekly *.rge as a safety net. I am running a small business and it is vital that I have access to past emails etc.
Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[Diane Ross]

I know that Time Machine backs up the database, but I still like to have a
weekly *.rge as a safety net. I am running a small business and it is vital
that I have access to past emails etc.
Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks

If export as .rge fails, then you have database issues. You need to move
into a new Identity.

How to manually move your data. (when import fails and/or you need to move
to a new Identity same version or revert to an older version)

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/manual_install.html>

Is corruption hiding in your database?
<http://tinyurl.com/buznag>

I suggest you read the first in this series on basics of backing up
Entourage.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/articles/backup_articles.html>

It's advised by the developers not to let Time Machine backup your Entourage
database. If the database is copied while being used, the backup could be
corrupt. You can set the Time Machine to exclude the Microsoft User Data
folder and create an iCal event to copy it over at night while not in use so
you get one backup daily in Time Machine.

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/alternative_method_to_use_entourage_
and_time_machine.html>