> Not sure about the option "remove Immediatly" it's probably > a bug in the option.
> To really delete the message from that file, you have to > write the whole file over. If trhat file is a few KiB, > it's fast. If it's several MiB (lots of atachments like > spreadsheets and pictures) it take a while. So normaly > you mark the desire to delete the message, then after you've > marked all the messages you want, you rewrite the file once. > > A "compact on change folder" would be a nice option. > So would a "compact INBOX after filters run" option. You have good advices. What need to be done now? Reporting a bug? A new feature request? I'm not familiar with Mozilla development. Thanks -jec
