on 31/10/03 17:19, J.S. Garrison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 10/31/03 5:52 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? >> >> TIA >> >> Nick > > > Message deletion is a multi-step process in Outlook. Part one involves > deleting already read messages from the inbox. Part two is deleting messages > in the Deleted Items folder. Part three is deleting Sent Messages. > > Maybe Drafts folder, too if you have one or so messages waiting to be sent, > or that you've chosen to send later. > > Jeff
Yep, gone through all the stages. I selected everything and clicked delete; then I went into Deleted Items and deleted it all from there. There are now no messages and no folders in Deleted Items. Absolutely nothing. I got rid of stuff going back well over a year! (Okay, well I've got lazy.) Given the volume of email I got rid of I have removed at least 90%, just current projects remain and three messages in drafts. I'm sure this app wasn't 350MB when I installed it! Nick -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
