Hello Marck, On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:54:14 +0100 GMT (22/07/03, 04:54 +0700 GMT), Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
DK>> What is the difference between "Purge" & "Compress?" I just DK>> chose Purge from the menu, and the dialog said it was DK>> compressing. > 'Purging' is what happens on exit, when folder retention options are > enacted ... "Keep in message base for ... n days" or when the > maximum number of folder messages is exceeded. In these cases, the > folder is purged and not compressed. That's not all there is. I can also manually purge. It just means I tell TB to mark those messages as deleted that are over the age limit (for example 180 days) or above the number of messages that you have set for the folder , as you say above. But it doesn't matter whether you purge on exit (which I never do) or manually. Compressing means that the messages that are marked as deleted will be actually taken off the message base. > When you choose "Purge" from the menu, both operations are > performed. And that is only because the menu has a wrong and misleading entry. "Purge all folders" does "Purge and Compress all foldeers". I have complained about this misnomer many times. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. - THE HOTEL HAS BOWLING ALLEYS, TENNIS COURTS, COMFORTABLE BEDS, AND OTHER ATHLETIC FACILITIES. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/5 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
