On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 18:32, Ali Akcaagac wrote: > On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 23:24, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > > create a mbox file and try copying 8000-10000 emails into that, you get > > > > a 40-50 mb mbox file. now delete as many mails until 500 emails remain, > > > > the mbox file decreases to e.g. 5 mb but the index files are keeping > > > > their large size AND increases by every new added message > > > > > > I'll let Michael Zucchi answer this. As far as I know, they do in fact > > > shrink - but maybe it's a lazy-shrink or something. > > > > > > besides, those files are only 400k, not exactly "large" when compared to > > > a 50MG mbox. > > > > Okay, just thought of something... you never said you Expunged the mbox > > files, and as such - of course the ibex files won't shrink! > > > > Have you tried Expunging the folders? > > expunging ? i never used that since i don't know what it is good for. i > usually assume that when deleting stuff from my mailboxes that the index > files enchances in size on its own. never thought of an requirement to > press another button just to shrink the ibex files too. > > but thanks for letting me know. i will enable expunge on exit. hopefully > it will solve all issues. > > otherwise fine work on evolution i like it.
When you delete a message, it isn't removed from the mbox file and so nor is it removed from the ibex files as it is very possible that the user will decide to undelete it. You'll notice that unless you have Evolution set to "Hide Deleted Messages", you will still see the deleted message in the message list but it will just be striked out. Expunge purges deleted messages from the mbox file. Some mail clients like Netscape call this "Compact Folder" or whatever. Jeff -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
