Oh, and I think manually compacting probably doesn't handle the cleanup
of cache data either. So you might want to take that into consideration.
Tom
On 2/23/2012 10:40 AM, Tom Kingston wrote:
It depends on the size that's set to trigger compaction. If it's small
enough and you delete a couple messages with large attachments the
automatic compaction prompt will fire. So if you want to rely on your
own manual constant cleanup then just turn it off.
Regards,
Tom
On 2/23/2012 9:54 AM, Craig Werner wrote:
Tom, in the past, pressing the "delete" key in Thunderbird's inbox
window merely deleted the message header from the list of new messages.
It did not prompt for a compacting of folders. Since I routinely compact
all folders, I can't imagine why the software is suddenly asking me to
do so. In short, there's simply no space to compress.
Best,
Craig
On 2/23/2012 9:44 AM, Tom Kingston wrote:
Because compacting is just cleaning up the wasted space of all the
messages and files you've deleted. None of them are actually deleted
until the compaction process is done. This is why you can set the amount
of wasted space before you're prompted. Think of it as a monitor that
triggers disk cleanup and defragmenting.
Hth,
Tom
On 2/23/2012 9:34 AM, Craig Werner wrote:
Thank you, Tom. I know that, but I'm wondering why pressing "delete"
should prompt the user to compact folders. This makes no sense to me.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Best,
Craig
On 2/23/2012 9:27 AM, Tom Kingston wrote:
Under tools, Options, Advanced, Network and disk space, you can set
the
amount of wasted space before your files are compacted or turn
automatic
compacting off.
Hth,
Tom
On 2/23/2012 8:59 AM, Craig Werner wrote:
Hello, GW Micro friends.
I am using Window-Eyes 7.5.3 on a Windows 7 Home machine with all
critical updates installed. While using Thunderbird 10.2 yesterday, I
was surprised to see that when I pressed the "delete" key while
browsing
the message headers, I was asked if I wanted to compact folders. The
only keyboard shortcut I know relating to compacting is "Alt-F, F,"
and
this performs the operation without asking for verification. I can't
imagine what is going on here. The problem has persisted through
three
reboots and only shows up intermittently. Any thoughts?
Thank you.
Best,
Craig
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