Thank you, every once in a while I need to prove why they pay me the big money oh so I dream about. Never the less you're quite welcome. 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 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Saving Messages In OE
That was a good explaination how all that works. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Saving Messages In OE > 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/ 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/
