On 29/08/2002 15:56 Ron reared up on his hind legs and bellowed: > In my file directory in windows explorer, I have tow files on is an .msf > extension and the other simply states 'file'. This file carries all my > old deleted (I thought I deleted)emails. I tried renaming, replacing, > etc. but these files seem to be integrated with the .msf files. > > Any help? It's eating up space on my hard drive. (No - "get a bigger > hard drive" comments please). >
The .msf files are the indexes that Mozilla creates for each mail/news folder. When you delete a mail it disappears in the Inbox or wherever and appears in Trash. However, as you have found, it still exists in the original folder - it just doesn't get displayed (the X-Mozilla-Status code in the header gets changed which is how Moz knows not to display it). To purge a folder to remove the "deleted" e-mails right-click on it and select Compact This Folder. -- One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking a zero, they had no way to indicate the successful termination of their C programs. Anti-spam e-mail address, sorry for the inconvenience
