Hello Lawrence, Friday, January 17, 2003, 7:39:58 PM, you wrote:
LJ> This may not be relevant, but I was seeing The Bat! get slower and LJ> slower until it took 15 minutes to move a couple mail messages between LJ> folders. I think it is probably totally relevant here - a large uncompressed folder will take ages to process each time a new message is added to the list. Goto Folder / Compress All Folders and see how much space is recovered on your HD plus how much faster everything goes < lol > LJ> Since I enabled the Account Option to Compress Folders on Exit, folder LJ> operation and receipt of mail has speeded up incredibly. The first LJ> time that Folders were compressed, the operation took about an hour. LJ> I don't know what actually happens when they are left uncompressed but LJ> it has been a joy for me ever since I enabled the compress option. Exactly - enabling compression on exit does the trick neatly and once you've done the initial compress you hardly notice the time delay in closing down TB! :-) -- Best regards, Barry2 Using The Bat! v1.61 on Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
