Hello Mark,
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 16:12:27 +0100 GMT your local time, which was
Thursday, September 14, 2000, 10:12:27 AM (GMT-6) my local time,
you wrote:
MRH> Ming-Li,
MRH> Regarding your message dated: 14 September 2000...
ML>> On Thursday, September 14, 2000, 6:50:50 AM, Mark wrote:
>>> Needless to say, the purge/compress flag is permanently set on my
>>> Outbox now... just in case. :)
ML>> By "purge/compress" flag do you mean both the "Remove old messages"
ML>> and "Compress the folder" checkboxes or just the latter?
MRH> Well, the truth is that I have both boxes ticked for most folders
MRH> including the Outbox. However, by purge/compress I probably really
MRH> only refer to the latter as the necessity to rid the folder database
MRH> file of unwanted (previously sent) messages.
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ML>> I check only the latter, which would physically remove deleted
ML>> (including sent) messages. I'm not sure about the former. I know
ML>> it would purge old messages according to certain conditions (keep
ML>> nn messages/keep messages for nn days), but I don't know if it
ML>> would purge unsent messages (not drafts) as well. E.g., if I set
ML>> the Outbox to keep zero message, and auto-purge on exit, then
ML>> would it purge my unsent messages upon exit?
MRH> I just did a quick experiment with this and the answer is yes.
MRH> I wrote this reply, put it in the Outbox, set Outbox prefs to keep 0
MRH> messages, exited TB.
MRH> When TB restarted the message had gone. Luckily, I did ctrl-paste the
MRH> text into a TextPad temporarily so I didn't have to rewrite this
MRH> message ... before anyone laughs at me!
I just looked at the preferences for my outbox and I have both the
"Remove old messages" and "Compress the folder" boxes checked. The
"keep nn messages/keep messages for nn days" boxes are set to zero. I
frequently leave messages in the outbox simply because I forgot to
send them. They are *not* saved as drafts and always reappear the next
time I start TB!. They *are* sent (without a status change) when I
remember to send them.
Apparently for me, they are purged *only* after they are sent.
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Sincerely,
Jack LaRosa mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alabama, USA
Message created 7:10:39 PM (GMT-6) on Thursday, September 14, 2000
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