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Export Folders as MBOX Files Using a Script
You can manually drag your folders to desktop to create an MBOX file, but it's so much easier to use a script. Here are two scripts that will do the hard work for you.
Archive Message Folders by Jolly Roger
- This script archives each folder in your Entourage folder list to a folder on your desktop named "Entourage Archives".
- The script preserves the hierarchy of the folders, as they exist in the Entourage folders list, by creating sub-folders in the "Entourage Archives" folder that correspond to the sub-folders in Entourage.
- The exported MBOX files have the same name as the folders in Entourage, with the exception that forward slash characters (/) are replaced with dash characters (-) to avoid problems with the Mac OS X file system.
Export Folders by Barry Wainwright
- You must create the archive folder yourself before running the script.
- All folders and subfolders are dumped into one folder. This requires you to have unique names so you can maintain the folder order.
