Where are emails stored

[stephenm22]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Email Client: pop Hi
New to Mac question. I installed Office 2008 on my iMac and managed to transfer mail and accounts in ok. The first time I powered the Mac down completely, I found I had lost all my mails and settings!

The only thing I can think off where I went off piste was transferring the Microsoft Use Data folder out of documents where it had been installed. I have now transferred everything back into Documents.

I can't see an obvious place in the Microsoft User Data file where my mail may be stored. I'm using Time Machine and can see the folder, but if I lose my mail again, I can't figure out which file to reinstall. The Entourage related files I can see on the MUD folder are -

Script Menu Items
Sound Sets
Then in Office 2008 Identities I can see -
Database
Mailing Lists
Rules
Signatures

I can't see where the mail and account settings are stored. Does this list sound complete, or is there something missing?

Many thanks

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Hi
Hi,

New to Mac question. I installed Office 2008 on my iMac and managed to
transfer mail and accounts in ok. The first time I powered the Mac down
completely, I found I had lost all my mails and settings!

You had probably moved either the Microsoft User Data or the Indetity
folder to a different location
Simply move them back.

The only thing I can think off where I went off piste was transferring
the Microsoft Use Data folder out of documents where it had been
installed. I have now transferred everything back into Documents.

Yeah, it *has* to go back.

I can't see an obvious place in the Microsoft User Data file where my
mail may be stored. I'm using Time Machine and can see the folder, but
if I lose my mail again, I can't figure out which file to reinstall.
The Entourage related files I can see on the MUD folder are -

They are in the Identity folder, in a big monolythic database (that's
incompatible with Time Machine).


Corentin

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi,

as you have found out, the MUD folder should never, ever be moved out of
the Documents folder. It needs to be there, or Entourage will create a
brand-new database file.

All your settings, data, and account information are stored in the
Database file in the Office 2008 Identities folder. To back it up, copy
if to a different location, e.g. an external hard disk. The database is
too big and modified too frequently for Time Machine to create backups
successfully; in other words, don't rely on Time Machine to restore a
database that has gone bad.

 

[stephenm22]

Thanks very much Michel!

 

[wmiyamot]

Thanks very much Michael... What sub-directory does Entourage actually store messages? I created several folders On My Computer but cannot seem to find them. THANKS!

 

[Diane Ross]

What sub-directory does Entourage actually store messages? I created
several folders On My Computer but cannot seem to find them. THANKS!

Entourage stores all data in a database.