On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 18:14, John Richard Smith wrote: > Every so often mozilla ask me to "compact folders" which of course > I do. > Why ? > > I mean if you have deleted your messages are they not dead there and > then, why the need to seemingly finally delete them ?
It is because Mozilla uses a kind of Mbox format where all mails are in one big file. When you delete a message, it is somehow marked as deleted. Compacting the folder will reorganise (copy and rewrite) the file and physically remove the deleted mail(s) from it. I have seen this happen while playing around with Firebird, their standalone mailprogram. (Which I still don't use because I can't get it to read local mailspools.) Paul -- I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. -Abraham Lincoln http://www.nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution
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