on 10/31/03 8:52 AM, Nick Hingley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Listers > > I am writing this message in Outlook Express 5.02 on my aged 7100/80. > > The hard disk is fairly challenged since it is only 700MB. The 7100 only > does a couple of other mundane jobs so other apps are few but I recently > noticed that hard disk space was diminishing to around 20-30MB. > > In the Outlook folder I found a file called 'messages' which was a massive > 300MB plus some. Thinking this the culprit I had a clear out of all the > message folders in Outlook and deleted all the ancient an irrelevant > messages, many of which had attachments and deleted the lot. This took ages > while the 7100 chuntered away first moving files into the Deleted Items > folder and then once more by permanently deleting everything from within the > folder. I must have removed 95% of the messages and I only have the most > recent relevant folders and files and zilch in the Deleted Items. Yet the > message folder is still 300MB! > > 7100/80, 88MB RAM, 700MB HD, OS8.6, OE5.02 > > Am I missing something?
Don't you just *love* MS? Maybe you have my addresses -- the ones I accumulated over several years but that mysteriously vanished when my version of Outlook became corrupted and had to be re-installed. To this day I don't have a clue how any of MS's programs function -- only that they push tendrils like kudzu into all corners of my system, try to read my mind and complete my thoughts like a dim-witted sycophant, and require way way too much energy and thought for what I want them to do. And no, I don't know how to solve your problem. I just exploited your opening to issue a little rant. My apologies. -- cwr -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
