10.4: Spotlight searches with Entourage and Apple Mail

Jun 14, '06 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: roncross@cox.net

If you use the latest version of Entourage (v11.2.3), which is Spotlight-enabled, in conjunction with Apple Mail, you will notice that when you do a search in Spotlight for mail messages, you get search results from both Entourage and Apple Mail. In some cases, they may be duplicate emails depending on how you have mail set up.

To get mail messages only for Entourage, you have to put the ~/Library/Mail folder in the privacy section of Spotlight's pane in System Preferences.

To get mail messages only for Apple Mail, just uncheck "Include Entourage items in Spotlight search results" in the Spotlight section of the General Preferences of Preferences in the Entourage menu bar.

I know this may sound simple, but it is undocumented until today.

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