>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:52:58 +0000 >Subject: MS Bloatware
>I am writing this message in Outlook Express 5.02 on my aged 7100/80. > >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! While I don't use Outlook for my email (I check it on an SE/30 and am guessing it won't run), I'm going to guess that it acts as most modern email programs do and puts all the messages into a database file, which is saved as one item on the hard drive (if I understand this right). When you erase the messages, is it possible that it just zeroed out the areas in the database that contained the messages, and not decreased the database size? Perhaps there's a utility within the program that you can resize the database? If not, if you trash the preferences (after backing up your messages and drafts, and addy book of course), maybe the program will remake a new database file that you could import this info back into. I'd definately wait to hear from someone more experienced in this before trying that last step. That's based on how Claris Emailer works, and may or probably not work in Outlook. Hopefully someone with more knowledge on this subject will read this thread and go "Oh yeah, now I remember, this is how you do that:" J White -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
