Developed by Microsoft, Entourage is an email client and personal information manager that works for Mac OS X 8.5 and higher versions. It was first released as a part of MS Office Suite 2001 for Mac users in Oct, 2000. Entourage is a popular email client that comes with Microsoft Exchange server collaboration. Exchange Server functionality is a great add-on for professional users as it is a great way to manage business emails and communication in real time.

While trying to configure Entourage with MS Exchange Server you might come across the following issues:

  • A new Exchange Server account fails to configure in Entourage
  • When trying to rebuild database, the process proves futile and results certain errors

Any of the aformentioned problems are a clear indication of Entourage database corruption. Hence. Entourage database repair is the only solution to fix these configuration issues. A number of Entourage Repair solutions are available that can help resolve the problem of database corruption.

Entourage database corruption can result from a virus attack, dirty shutdown, application malfunction, file system problems, missing or corrupt Identity, RGE file header coruption and many such hardware and software factors. Post corruption Entourage database becomes inaccessible and cardinal data is lost. Entourage database repair can be carried out in the following ways:

  1. Move the Main Identity form MUD folder and restart Entourage. It will create a new Identity. This new Identity can connect with the Exchange Server and data can be restored from the Exchange mailbox.
  2. If a recent backup is available, try to restore data from it.

If none of this seems to help, then the perfect resolve would be to go for commercial third party tools to Rebuild Entourage database. An adroit tool for Entourage Repair is “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery”. By carrying out an in-depth scan of the entire database, this software is able to recover emails, notes, address book, calendar items, tasks and notes for Microsoft Entourage 2008 and 2004. The database is restored in the form of an RGE file that can be easily imported to Entourage. The software provides a preview of the recoverable items in its demo version. This remarkable tool is read only in nature and compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.