On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 13:25 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 02:00 -0700, anders70 wrote: > > Now I have realized that I should have used the 'Expunge' function after > > moving mails out of the Inbox, in order to ensure they are actually removed > > from the Inbox file. > I would strongly advise everyone to turn off the "Hide Deleted Messages" > function - at least then you can see what is happening.
Ditto; "hide delete" is a mis-feature [required by that set of users who completely refuse to use e-mail correctly]. The best advice is not to use it, that way you are visually encouraged to perform Ctrl-E at logical intervals. > > Some sort of warning/reminder that the Inbox file is reaching a a ridiculous > > size might be nice in future versions, along with an advice to use the > > Expunge function :-) > It depends what you mean by a "ridiculous size"! Some people get > stressed if they have a inbox with more than a couple of messages in it! > Others keep their whole life in it - and get really, really stressed if > you even hint that they might have to reduce the size of their 2Gb inbox > with 40,000 messages in it. I've got one mailbox with >400,000 messages! :) _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list