Christopher Jahn wrote:
> And it came to pass that Peter Lairo wrote:
>
>
>> If we are going to do something non-obvious BEHIND the users back
>> (compact one folder when he selects to emppty another), I suggest
>> to do this as late as possible - namely when the user exits to
>> program, NOT when he selects to empty the trash folder.
>>
>>
>
> Peter, if you're not going to bother to read ANY of the relevant posts
> so you undersatnd what's going on, plese refrain from commenting
> in this discussion.
>
> The reason for the folder being compacted has been throughly explained,
> and it make perfects sense. Go back an read Jay's posts in this
> thread on the matter.
>
>
I have read Jay explanations. I just don't accept them as adequate to
justify compacting one folder (inbox) when selecting to empty another
(trash).
This whole issue has my head spinning. Why do we need compacting at all
then, if emptying the trash will physically remove all messages that are
marked as deleted. What then does compacting do?
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Regards,
Peter Lairo
