Office 2008 for Mac

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How e-mail rules work in Entourage 2008
The capabilities of Entourage 2008 differ from those of Outlook with regard to server-based rules
for Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail accounts.
Although server-based e-mail rules that have been created in Outlook are applied to the Microsoft
Exchange accounts of Entourage users when applicable, Entourage users cannot create or modify
server-based e-mail rules in Entourage. To change a server-based e-mail rule, users must use
Outlook Web Access Premium.
Note The server-based rules management feature is not available in Outlook Web Access Light.
Server-based e-mail rules can be changed by using Microsoft Office Outlook. Users must be
running Microsoft Office Outlook under Windows in one of the following ways:
• By using Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac, which connects the Macintosh
computer with a remote computer or terminal server that is running Windows
• By using a solution such as Boot Camp that runs Windows on the Macintosh computer
Microsoft Exchange users can create client-side rules in Entourage by clicking
Rules on the Tools
menu in Entourage.
How information is synchronized between Entourage 2008 and
Exchange Server
When Entourage 2008 is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server, all e-mail messages, contacts,
and calendar items are synchronized between the computer running Microsoft Exchange Server
and the Microsoft Exchange account in Entourage.
However, not all types of data are synchronized. For example, tasks, notes, and items in the folders
On My Computer, including the contacts that were created in the local Address Book, are not
synchronized.
Note Personal distribution lists are not supported in Entourage.
Because not all types of data are synchronized with the Exchange server, any complete plan for
backing up data must include a provision for backing up the unsynchronized data on users'
computers in addition to backing up the Exchange server database. All Entourage database files,
including the unsynchronized data, are stored in /Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User
Data/Office 2008 Identities/identityName/Database/ for each identity. These Entourage database
files can be backed up as part of a procedure that backs up the user's home folder.