Roger S. Cohen wrote: > > When I delete a large bunch of e-mails--as I just did, almost 500--I > recover absolutely no increase in available disk space, not so much as a > tenth of a MB, even though some of them had files and photos attached. (And > I actually am deleting them from the Deleted Items folder, not just moving > them there.)
The database will be left with 'wasted' space in it every time you delete something. However, this is not all bad, since the wasted space is used up with new data as it is added. This way, over a period of time (assuming that you are deleting stuff as you go) the database will probably reach an optimum size, after which the stuff you delete is roughly equal to the stuff you add, and no further growth takes place. If you need to recover the wasted space on your hard disk, you will have to do a 'typical' rebuild to compact the database. This will create a compacted version of the database without the wasted space. You will then have to manually delete the backup copies of the original database that the rebuild process creates AFTER you are happy the new one is OK. Rebuild Your Database <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/rebuild.html> -- Diane -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
