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MBOX files
The MBOX file is a specially-constructed text file, usable by any text editor, which contains mail messages within the file (some other email programs also use them).
If you drag a folder of messages to the desktop, Entourage will automatically create an MBOX file.
- You can use these to store messages and reduce the size of your database.
- You can use these to move mail from one Identity to another. They are not version specific.
- Subfolders won't be included; you need to drag them separately, or use the freeware script "Export Folders" by Barry Wainwright from macscripter.net.
- Dragging an MBOX file into Entourage changes Received Time to the time you drag the MBOX back in. It leaves the Sent time exactly how it was - correct. Sort the messages by Sent time, it will still sort them correctly.
This movie will show you how to create an MBOX file and how to import MBOX files using:
