Actually the compacting process simply removes the empty space created after messages have been deleted. When a message is deleted the space that it required for it is not reallocated in the DBX file and that is why compression every now and then is needed. It is quite possible if a DBX file becomes too large it may start to be unstable. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Saving Messages In OE
I've never heard of that, I use OE and save tons of emails in many folders. The compacting does not delete any emails, I guess it just squashes them all together to make more room? That's the visual that popped into my brain,lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: "blind-computing" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:22 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Saving Messages In OE > > Hi listers. What is the maximum number of messages that can be safely > saved in a user-defined Outlook Express folder? The reason I am asking > this question is that I just noticed that some of the earliest messages in > my user-defined OE folders have inexplicably disappeared. Since I never > conciously deleted them, I am assuming that they were deleted > automatically by OE or by some other process I am not aware of. I know > that the Compact All Folders option compacts all OE folders to save disk > space and make OE run more efficiently, but does it also delete the oldest > messages from each folder if it has grown too large? Or are messages > automatically deleted after they have been saved for a certain period of > time? Thanks for any explanation. > > Gerald > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
